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    What's killing my alkalinity?

    Wow you guys are on the ball - thank you for the quick replies. Are there other commercial pool operators on the forum? I'd be interested to hear how much bicarb others go through for a similar-sized tank with a gas chlorine system. Anyway, I'm glad to hear that low alkalinity isn't a big...
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    What's killing my alkalinity?

    Hello I am one of the operators of a commercial facility, with a lap pool holding about 250,000 gallons. The source water has 150ppm total alkalinity, but our pool consistently hovers around 40-50ppm TA. This is with regular addition of sodium bicarbonate (over the last month we added a total...