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Thank you for the info. I wouldn't feel comfortable refilling from the well on a yearly basis. Would a chlorine pool work with the salinity of our well water?

Yes, I can use the softened water. But the softener doesn't do anything to reduce the sodium/chloride. After softening, the sodium is 542 ml/l and Chloride 810 mg/l. So the 1500 TDS of my (softened) well-water is comprised of 1350 mg/l of sodium chloride/salt. I was told the only way to...

I suppose my question is less about TDS in general and more about salinity. Since my well already has high salinity to the point that it's not potable for drinking purposes, can it be used in a chlorine pool?

I'm not in Phoenix. The house is outside of town, south of the Gila River.

Thanks! I can see there is a wealth of information on here. As a newbie, it's a bit overwhelming. But, I'm excited to learn. I'll start plowing through the pool school docs this evening.

Thank you for the welcome and reply. With the installed softeners, the hardness is 15; untreated, it was 35. I suppose I wanted to check whether it's OK to use brackish water in a pool. With sodium levels of 542, our water is undrinkable. With so much salt in the water, would it be better to...

Hello. We're in the beginning stages of thinking about a pool in Arizona. We recently relocated here. We're on a well. And that well has crazy high TDS (1500 mg/l). Sodium is 542 ml/l and Chloride 810 mg/l. Alkalinity (CaCO3) is 163 mg/l. So far we've installed salt-operated softeners that...