saturation index

I was able to SLAM my troubled pool successfully earlier this year, thanks! Now I am curious about long term strategy for keeping my alkalinity in check. We have extremely high alkalinity city water (I tested at ph 7.4, alkalinity 300 ppm). Currently, I'm consistantly adding acid which has it...

Are you ever successful in balancing the Calcium Saturation Index without having to adjust the alkalinity and/or calcium saturation by a large amount? <----- aggressive ------ 0 ------ scaling ------> I'm doing ok... but I could be doing better (in terms of managing my CSI between summer &...

The water where I live is very hard, and in the past (before I took over my own pool maintenance) I had significant issues with scaling. Here's what I've done so far to try and address this: Replaced the pool water Got the TA down to ~60 Added ~50ppm borates The issue remains that unless I add...

I see a lot of posts and recommendations on here that say CH levels do not matter in vinyl liner pools. I understand that it will not affect the liner itself. I am curious though about the effects of a low saturation index on pool heater exchangers and cement pool decks. Many other sites...