By Robert W. Lowry The wildfires and resulting ash in the Western states have been devastating for sure and the resulting ash can be carried for long ...

Jerry Wallace, president of the Sacramento based Swim Chem, and Mario Esparza, owner of Vacaville Pools, need to find a balance between increased busi...

By Allison Gordon On August 16, 2020, a significant California lighting storm added more heat to the West Coast fires of 2020. The CZU Lightning Compl...

Wildfires are raging again in California, destroying homes and the lives of hundreds of people in its path. One of these people, Dawn Stevens, is an i...

Swim season is coming to an end; that means pools across the country are hosting “Dog Days of Summer” events, a time when dogs can swim and splash wit...

On Aug. 17, 2020, 31-year-old Ryan Kelly was found dead inside of a pipe in an aquatic center in Scottsdale, Arizona. According to Scottsdale police, ...

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...

Direct fired natural gas or propane heaters are the most common type of heater found at pool and spa equipment pads. This type of heater incorporates ...

Troubleshooting gas heaters can be tricky because many times the trouble is not actually with the heater. It is a good idea to backwash the filter bef...

Second in popularity to gasfired heaters, electric heaters use an electric immersion element where water is pumped through the heater housing that con...