LaMotte Pool Manager Water Quality Handbook - Manual (Page 5)

Table of Contents
Water Analysis ................................................5
Why? ............................................................ 5
How? ............................................................7
Water Sampling ..............................................9
Water Balance.................................................10
pH................................................................ 11
Alkalinity ........................................................ 15
Calcium Hardness ........................................... 17
Temperature ................................................... 19
Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) ............................... 20
Water Sanitizers ..............................................21
Chlorine ........................................................ 21
“Shocking” the Pool .........................................25
Cyanuric Acid .................................................
26
Bromine......................................................... 28
Ozone........................................................... 30
Alternative Systems..........................................32
Metal Systems .................................................32
Biguinide Systems ............................................32
Salt Chlorinators..............................................33
Hot Water/Spas...............................................33
Pool Problem Solver.........................................34
Algae (Nitrate and Phosphate) ........................... 34
Cloudy Water & Filtration .................................. 36
Colored Water ................................................ 38
Stains ............................................................ 40
Scale............................................................. 42
Eye & Skin Irritations......................................... 44
Water Treatment Tables....................................45
Lowering pH................................................... 46
Raising pH ..................................................... 47
Raising Chlorine.............................................. 47
Lowering Alkalinity ........................................... 48
Raising Alkalinity.............................................. 50
Raising Hardness............................................. 51
Raising Cyanuric Acid....................................... 52