Poop. Lots of it.

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St. George, Utah
Pool Size
39000
Surface
Plaster
Chlorine
Salt Water Generator
SWG Type
Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
We had a huge wind storm and it blew my garbage can full of dog s%#t into my pool and a ton of dust/dirt. Like I'm talking like a couple weeks worth of dog poop. I've tried to get as much out as possible, but it's starting to disintegrate. I'm at a loss. I dumped acid to bring my pH down to low 7's and added a bunch of chlorine. CDC says don't vacuum it up, but I have so much dust/dirt in the bottom of my pool as well. I suppose I can brush all the dirt and poop into piles and try and scoop it out? Most of it is in the deep end too, which makes it difficult to get out with the leaf scraper/net.

Any advice? I've scraped out a couple gallons of watered down poop, but there is more disintegrating and mixed with the dirt. Should I just sell the house?

What will happen if I use the vacuum all night at the highest pump speed? It's the vacuum connected to my filter system. Not a stand alone. I have a sand filter, 40K gallon pool. I was going to shock my pool to 25 ppm as my CYA is 70. Do I need to replace my sand in my filter after this?
Any help is much appreciated. Thanks.
 
I'm no expert here, but I think I would vacuum the stuff at the bottom to waste (that'll bypass your filter, set it with the valve by the filter) rather than vacuuming through the filter as normal.

I also think I'd probably do the SLAM procedure in this kind of of circumstance. May not take as much time as if you had a bunch of algae growing.
 
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I'd vacuum to waste throughly and whatever water you loose is your gain. Get the ph to 7.2 and keep a slam going maybe three days even if it may not be losing any FC. Make sure you slam at or a little above your CYA level to be certain the chlorine does its job. The sand will get sanitized the same way the pool is so I wouldn't worry about changing sand but at most you can do what's called deep cleaning a sand filter. Deep Cleaning a Sand Filter
 
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Ok I had to get that out there fast..................here is the rest of my reply:

Sorry this happened. Good job getting as much out as you could.

Get your FC to mustard slam level for your CYA one time to really kick the poop out. Then keep it at SLAM level for your CYA for 24 hours.

FC vs CYA chart location

Can anyone point me to the fc cya chart that used to be here somewhere? Had link buy changed ohones, link list. Now cannot find chart. Was green I think. Thank you.
www.troublefreepool.com www.troublefreepool.com

I would vacuum to waste as much as possible. Make sure to be adding water at the same time to try to keep up with the water out.

Me? I would replace the sand as all I Would think about would be all of that poop in the sand KNOWING it is not in there but..........that is how my silly brain works :crazy:
 
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Vacuuming to waste keeps the poop out of the filter!
After all the hassle I had with opening and deep cleaning my filter (leaks arose) I wouldn't want to do that, personally. Just vacuum to waste and refill. Long backwash of the filter if you really want.
 
If it's any consolation, you are going to mop the floor with the competition every year for best 4th of July party story. Your friends and family probably won't even try and just listen intently as you regale them again. *If* any of you can catch your breath, including you. It will be funnier each time it's retold. :)

#silverlinings.
 
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