Ozone is one of the most powerful oxidizers used in pool and spa water treatment. It is not a replacement for chlorine. It is a supplemental technolog...

Ultraviolet (UV) sanitation is widely used in commercial aquatic facilities and increasingly marketed into residential pools and spas. Like ozone, it ...

Bromine is a halogen sanitizer closely related to chlorine, operating within the same fundamental chemistry: the formation of a reactive hypohalous ac...

Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOP) are among the most powerful — and least understood — technologies in pool and spa water treatment. AOP systems comb...

Polyhexamethylene biguanide (PHMB) systems represent one of the few widely available approaches that attempt to operate without chlorine or bromine as...

Saltwater systems are often described as an alternative to chlorine. In reality, they are a method of producing chlorine on-site through electrolysis....

Mineral or ionization systems — most commonly based on copper and, in some designs, silver — are often marketed as low-chemical or “natural” alternati...

Welcome to the latest edition of our popular “Can You Top This?” column, featuring the newest entry in the Service Industry News “Horror File.” This i...

Drowning injuries and fatalities are so commonplace that the stories could fill up whole newspapers. The CDC estimates that about 10 people die from d...

‘QuickCure ’ from Nature’s Care for a fast, clean and easy pool opening offers QuickCure to help quickly clear swampy pools and open pools faster this...