By Gordon Lee
Have you ever asked yourself why at times, you experience skin itch, and red eyes, while swimming? If you know how to clean a green swimming pool, it will ease such incidences. The chemicals don’t need to be high or low but moderate.
pH level is the measure of pool acidity. It’s rated on a scale of 0 to 14. pH below 7.0 indicates the water is acidic, and above 8.0, water is alkaline or basic. The right pH level should range between 7.4 to 7.6.
The importance of proper pH
The following are the importance of proper water pH in a pool.
Skin and pH irritations result from low pH.
Acidic water stings nasal passages and eyes and strips the body’s natural oils. It leaves the skin, hair brittle, dry and itchy.
It activates chlorine
When pH is basic, it reduces the performance of chlorine in the pool. Your pool water won’t be clean as a result of this effect.
Unbalance Ph damages vinyl liners
Low pH grows vinyl liner while a high pH level degrades them. They will need a quick replacement.
Low pH corrodes
Acidic water corrodes anything from mechanical systems, pumps, and diving board supports.
The slides and ladders are not spared too. It can also erode plaster.
Basic water leads to cloudy water.
Many minerals result from solutions as the pH rises. It leads to mineral deposits and murky water when pH is high.
Conclusion
It’s vital to maintain water pH daily using test strips. Use the pool water far from a skimmer to test the pH. The test strip has to be 18” deep in the water for ten seconds. Maintain the pH using pH reducers (Acids) or pH increasers (Bases). The amount of the reducers and increasers depends on the pH level.
