LaMotte Pool Manager Water Quality Handbook - Manual (Page 41)

Colored Water
Color
Green/Red/Brown Blue/Green Brown/Black
Iron Copper Manganese
Treatment
• Brush
• Shock
treat and
brush
• Vacuum
• Adjust pH & alkalinity to recommended ranges
• Add sequestering agent & run filter
• After 12 hours, shock treat the pool
• Retest pH & alkalinity. Test hardness levels, and,
if necessary, raise to 200 ppm
Note: Take a pool sample to a pool professional for dissolved
metals testing immediately after treatment and at least once a
month.
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