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I’ve long thought that it was impossible to improve on the water quality delivered by our proprietary SRK HydroZone 3® system. As many will attest, it’s hard to describe the water’s pristine and invigorating qualities, and just as difficult to imagine it could be any better. While that is perfectly true, at the same time …
Continue reading “Activated Glass Media – Better Than Sand for Perfect Filtration”
When I first came to the pool industry some 30 years ago, I relied heavily on vendors for information. They would tell me what to install and would often send their reps out to sell me on the latest and greatest in pool water technology. Everybody had a slick line. Whether it was an aqua …
Continue reading “Systems Thinking – Why It’s Key to Designing Perfect Pool Water”
It’s a familiar image, a small truck darting around town with a pool pole sticking out the back with a placard on the side that says, “pool service.” The hard–working soul behind the wheel works his or her route every day, taking care of pools with a leaf net, chemicals and a test kit. It is a “sweat …
Continue reading “Remote Water Quality Monitoring – The Next Generation of Pool Care”
Achieving high water quality is essential when creating a healthy water environment. Often, one of the keys to successful water treatment is overlooked: taking the time to listen to the people who live and work with the water every day is critical to getting it right. To illustrate what we are saying, meet Jeff Ward. …
Continue reading “Aquatic Program Director Embraces SRK’s Approach to Clean Water – His Story”
I love what landscape architects do. It’s a profession dedicated to making the world a more welcoming, sustainable and beautiful place. I admire the fact that landscape architects have formal educations and are accredited, something I wish was true of the pool and spa industry. In many ways, landscape architecture has a lot in common …
Continue reading “Landscape Architects and Water Quality Professionals – Cooperation is Key”
It’s always struck me as ironic and unfortunate how water is the most important element in a swimming pool – the only reason that the pool, or spa, exists in the first place – yet the quality of that water is almost always left to chance because the systems and routines being used to manage …
Continue reading “Prevent Water Quality Problems – Without Excessive Use of Chemicals”
There are two basic ways to remove contamination from water: remove it physically or zap it with chemicals. I would argue that based on the way we do things in the aquatics industries in the U.S., our focus is largely on the chemical treatment side, and we pay less attention to the physical removal part of the process. I think that’s a mistake because both are …
Continue reading “Water Purification – Mechanical vs. Chemical Methods”
We all know it, that horrible smell of an indoor pool, what most people call the chlorine smell. It’s so common that we expect it whenever we walk into a building that contains a pool. We’re conditioned to accept it. We know it’s not good, but since no one appears to die from that smell, we tolerate the …
Sometimes, the path of least resistance is also the wisest. I’m all for hard work but also equally a big fan of efficiency and making life easier wherever and whenever possible. Experience has taught me that working smart is just as important as working hard. A great case in point is our recent purchase of …
Continue reading “Weatherproof Heated Work Tents – Off-Season Construction Made Easy”
Owning something no one else has can be so amazing and exciting. The phrase “one-of-a-kind” carries a mystique and implies unique value that feeds our ego and stokes our dreams. It says something about the person being accomplished and daring enough to possess that which is truly unique. In the very same way, it’s thrilling to create singular products that are made to the …
