Cartridge Filters – What People Might Not Know

Making great water, the kind you can’t wait to get into, ultimately comes down to making the best choices among the available pool water treatment options. That can be tough because the pool and spa industry is loaded with various chemical products and devices that claim to be the best thing since canned beer. The …

SRK Water Review – A Professional Swimmer’s Perspective

Lately I’ve been on a mission – a mission to listen, you might say. My belief has long been that far too many of us in the pool and spa design/water quality profession have not done a good job of listening to our customers. I believe that’s especially true when it comes to input from …

SRK Water Review – From a Collegiate Water Polo Player

Last November, I wrote a blog titled “The Unheard Voice,” in which I featured comments from Max Bass, collegiate water polo player, all-around waterman, and my nephew. My point then was that as pool design and water quality professionals, we would do well to listen to the input from people like Max, who spend a …

Activated Glass Media – Better Than Sand for Perfect Filtration

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 …

Systems Thinking – Why It’s Key to Designing Perfect Pool Water

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 …