Dichlor and trichlor are both stabilized chlorine, meaning that they are both sources of chlorine that also contain cyanuric acid. Dichlor is a white ...

Richard Neil Chapman of South Padre Island, Texas passed away on Friday, January 15, 2021, in Brownsville, Texas at the age of 68. Chapman was born on...

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...

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 ...

Changes to the Model Aquatic Health Code (MAHC) are slated to come out sometime during the summer of 2021. Among the most significant alterations to t...

Testing for cyanuric acid is often overlooked because it doesn’t seem as critical as other water parameters such as chlorine, pH, total alkalinity and...

The use of cyanuric acid comes with consequences and one of the most overlooked consequence is that it affects total alkalinity. It is not a problem, ...

Draining The tried-and-true way to remove cyanuric acid is to drain the pool. If, for example, the pool has 200 ppm cyanuric acid, then an 80% drain a...

An aspect of chlorination chemistry that is often overstated is the importance of pH on chlorine’s efficacy. Most pool industry veterans are familiar ...

JED Pool Tools, of Scranton, Pa., has added a new commercial-grade Pro-Series Telescoping Pole designed specifically for service professionals in the ...