As I’ve written in another blog, pool surfaces and components are created to be smooth and easy on the touch. Swimmers should never feel rough patches on the surface or abrasive edges on rails or ladders. And something is definitely not right when a swimmer feels dry, rough or itchy skin, or has red and …
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Perfect Water Quality for All – Idealism or Reality?
I’ve always believed that to make something real, you first have to visualize it. It’s true in most, if not all, aspects of life. Creating a different reality requires seeing it in your mind’s eye. Only then can you begin taking the steps needed to make it real and affect positive change. That’s why when …
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Water Chemistry Basics – A New Approach
NOTE: This article was originally published in the October 2012 issue of AQUA Magazine. Maintaining superior water quality requires knowledge, skill and an enlightened perspective says veteran builder and servicer Steve Kenny of SRK Pool Services in East Hampton, N.Y. Heavily influenced by his prior career in the culinary arts, Kenny approaches water chemistry with …
Water Treatment Trailer – Offering Mobile Demos
NOTE: This article was originally published in the August 2015 issue of AQUA Magazine. By Eric Herman Outbreaks of waterborne illnesses—in particular, those caused by chloramine formation in pools—continue to cause concern. As a result, public interest in alternative sanitizers like ozone and UV has increased. Builder and water-quality advocate Steve Kenny recently decided to …
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Hybrid Water Treatment – Mixing The New Tech with the Old
NOTE: This article was originally published in the January 2014 issue of Athletic Business magazine. Perfectly polished water contained in a public or commercial swimming pool can be wonderfully inviting. It’s ultimately the reason pools and spas exist; humans feel good in clean water. Unfortunately, water that’s left insufficiently treated can have the opposite effect. …
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SRK Pools – The Origin Story
NOTE: This article was originally published in the May 2011 issue of WaterShapes magazine. Having begun his career decades ago as a residential pool/spa service technician on Long Island, N.Y., watershaper Steve Kenny has a profound appreciation of superior water quality – one he developed, he says, despite a near vacuum when it came to …