By the close of 2021, changes to the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act (VGBA) will be fully implemented, which require new manufacturer te...

How often do you get a chance to save a person’s life? Marshall Guthrie, of Larry Walters Pool Service in the Inland Empire, CA, got his chance this J...

Polyethylene Balls are among the newest sand replacement media, with manufacturers touting numerous advantages over sand, including better filtration ...

Zeolite is a natural alternative to silica sand used in high-rate sand filters. It is a microporous, aluminosilicate mineral that is commonly used as ...

AFM ® , or Activated Filter Media, is a direct replacement for sand and is said to double the performance of sand filters without any additional infra...

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 ...

By Rakshith Asokan Director Engineering, Pleatco Inc. Did you know that on average a child drinks 1.3 ounces of water every hour they play in a pool? ...

offering far greater volume dirt holding capacity than other filtration fabrics. With reduced pore size distribution, the fabric provides impressive t...

Of the pool and spa filtration media on the market, sand is the least effective among the three commonly used filter types (the others being DE and Ca...

When Paul Pennington was 12-years-old, he was sucked down by a spa drain and thought “this is how I’m going to die.” Years later he was approached by ...