Cloudy pool after a hard rain

[kgriggs]

I have a new pool that is built on a yard with a big slope. When it rains hard I get a lot of wash that comes fom the hill and into/across the pool. Yesterday we got over two inches of rain in a short period of time and now the pool is so cloudy I can hardly see the first step. What is the best way to go about trying to clear the pool? I have a SWG and my salt level dropped several hundred ppm from the level it was before the rain.

Thanks for any advice.

 

[duraleigh]

Re: Cloudy pool after a hatf tain

Filtering 24/7, vacuuming and high levels of chlorine will eventually clear the pool.

That process will soon get very tiresome until you find a way to redirect that runoff water.

 

[kgriggs]

We have already put in a grate to try to catch what we can but the slope comes directly to the concrete decking around the pool. Not bad except when we have a torrential downpour.

What are the thoughts on superchlorination with the SWG versus other forms of chlorine or shock?

 

[Txmat]

I once had a similar problem of run off going where I didn't want it. Had to build a small retaining wall to divert the run off to another place.

 

[kgriggs]

There are two retaining walls behing the pool but they are both up-slope keeping the hill from washing into the pool.