This community is known to have high levels of metals in its water — especially iron. As a result, the community regularly adds metal sequestering agents which are high in phosphates to avoid having the metals from pipes cause unsightly metal stains in sinks and toilets.
What were the issues you speak of?
For fifty or more years, millions of pools have been maintained in pristine condition. Now, someone "invents" phosphate removers and it's the next magic bullet we all need, I am not buying it.
I know how they work and I know how badly they are misunderstood by most pool stores and I know that some brands are good,,,,making others "bad"?
I also know that when we throw things in our pool and we don't know the specific outcome, we REALLY want them to work (after all, we paid good money) so there is a tendency to see benefit where none exists.
PoolFL, I encourage you to start your own thread on the subject as I suspect some additional information surrounds your issue..
My initial thought was the author also represented a chemical company, but my concern was that orthophosphates are used to protect the metal piping in some municipal water treatment delivery systems. He goes on to say that these same phosphates are found in swimming pools and can bind to the plates and interfere with the electrolysis in the cell. Thanks for all the replies