Apologies if this is mis-categorized as it kind of crosses several categories.
I typically expect to drain my pool once a year as my fill water is hard and after about a year my CH rises to >600ppm. I'm right at that level today.
However, Las Vegas has also introduced new water billing rates for high consumption users (in summer, users >28k gallons monthly) that I would love to avoid "funding." I estimated that I could get by with doing partial drains twice annually. Even better if I can do a partial drain and fill with softened water.
I did notice a bit of green along the waterline on the shady side last week and have noticed my SWG is not keeping pace, so I figure I'm also due to SLAM.
Is there anything I should be considering before I go ahead with a ~50% drain, refill, stabilize and SLAM? My CYA is at ~100 right now so I figure the drain will allow me to SLAM at a more traditional (~80) CYA rather than the 100 that has worked for me in Las Vegas.
I typically expect to drain my pool once a year as my fill water is hard and after about a year my CH rises to >600ppm. I'm right at that level today.
However, Las Vegas has also introduced new water billing rates for high consumption users (in summer, users >28k gallons monthly) that I would love to avoid "funding." I estimated that I could get by with doing partial drains twice annually. Even better if I can do a partial drain and fill with softened water.
I did notice a bit of green along the waterline on the shady side last week and have noticed my SWG is not keeping pace, so I figure I'm also due to SLAM.
Is there anything I should be considering before I go ahead with a ~50% drain, refill, stabilize and SLAM? My CYA is at ~100 right now so I figure the drain will allow me to SLAM at a more traditional (~80) CYA rather than the 100 that has worked for me in Las Vegas.
