Pool Water Testing Blog

OK, so you have probably WAITED with baited breath for us to post this collection of pool chemicals, pool testing supplies and more… so here you go!

Enjoy the weekend!

Once you have tested your pool water for all the important parameters (free chlorine, total chlorine, pH, alkalinity, calcium hardness, stabilizer, iron, copper, etc.) with one of the following testing methods, you will need the right pool water balancing chemicals to correct any parameters not within acceptable ranges.

  Pool Water Test Strips — least expensive & very subjective

  Liquid/Tablet Test Kits — ‘wet’ chemistry & very subjective

  Pool Testing Meters — most expensive & least subjective

Oh, and lest we forget to remind some of you, make sure you checked the dates on your pool water test kit reagents and test strips to make sure they had not expired before you used them! Expired test strips and test strip reagents will usually give false readings and wind up costing you more money in chemicals down the road!

With pool water testing results in hand, you may now select the proper pool water balancing chemicals for your current water conditions. hopefully you won’t NEED any chemicals besides chlorine and maybe a little cyanuric acid (stabilizer), but in case you do, we posted the following links just for you:

With temperatures soaring to record and near record highs all across the United States, it comes as no surprise to us that we have received numerous questions pertaining to the proper treatment of green swimming pool water, smelly swimming pool water… and some water that would make the average sewer worker vomit.

Therefore we have located yet another online source for Pool Water Testing and Pool Chemical Supplies. Below you will find quick links to various pool testing supplies, pool chemicals, pool shock treatments and other items such as automatic chemical feeders for swimming pools.

Just as with your drinking water, though, nothing beats a professional water test if you have reason to suspect that harmful bacteria or harmful levels of contaminants have entered your pool water.