Hello all, I would first like to thank you all for being part of this community to help newbies like me out. My mother in law just bought a house with a pool and neither her nor I have experience managing a pool so I am here to learn.
I studied biology in college and worked in a microbiology lab for 5 years prior to starting my service for Washington State. As a drinking water regulator I enforce laws regarding coliform bacteria in an effort to prevent an E. coli contamination in public water systems. On occasion I even teach chlorination classes for employees of municipal water systems.
I feel a bit ashamed to be needing help as I work in the water industry and deal with chlorine and bacteria on a daily basis. I thought I could handle a pool, but there's many different issues at play with a pool than public drinking water systems.
With that out of the way, I am willing to admit when I don't know what I'm doing and here is one of those areas.
I studied biology in college and worked in a microbiology lab for 5 years prior to starting my service for Washington State. As a drinking water regulator I enforce laws regarding coliform bacteria in an effort to prevent an E. coli contamination in public water systems. On occasion I even teach chlorination classes for employees of municipal water systems.
I feel a bit ashamed to be needing help as I work in the water industry and deal with chlorine and bacteria on a daily basis. I thought I could handle a pool, but there's many different issues at play with a pool than public drinking water systems.
With that out of the way, I am willing to admit when I don't know what I'm doing and here is one of those areas.
If you stick close to the 
