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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 …
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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 …
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If you need a wedding cake, you don’t hire a plumber. As obvious as that may seem, in the world of aquatic maintenance, that is in effect what many people choose to do. Rather than turn to a water quality professional, an expert, they play guessing games without the benefit of professional guidance. As a result, the “cake” that …
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I’ve always enjoyed watching aquatic athletes do their thing. Whether they are competitive swimmers, water polo players, divers, or synchronized swimmers, it’s amazing what these talented young people can achieve in the water. I also deeply admire the culture that surrounds aquatic sports and how these programs vest participants with tremendous physical fitness, discipline, and the confidence that comes with doing something most other people …
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For more than 100 years, chlorine has been the primary chemical used to treat swimming pool water and public drinking water. It remains in widespread use in spite of the fact that it has stiff competition from so-called alternative sanitizers. For all of its water-treatment supremacy, chlorine is poorly misunderstood. To a large extent, it …
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Ultraviolet (UV) water treatment is both an exciting and somewhat mysterious way to sanitize water. In recent years, it’s become widely used in managing swimming pool water because it’s been proven an effective way to control pathogens without adding any chemicals to the water whatsoever. It also offers other benefits such as destroying chloramines and …
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If you look at the original plans for many commercial aquatic facilities, it’s surprising the number of them that were designed with plumbing and electrical systems meant to accommodate ozone systems. Yet, many never had the systems installed. Likewise, when I talk to facility managers and pool operators, they may know some things about ozone …
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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 …