Why is ecoklear better than draining
your pool?
- Draining your pool wastes thousands of gallons of water.
In some cases, the water you are throwing away contaminates
the natural water resources of your community.
- Every time you drain your pool, you run the risk
of creating cracks in the surface of the pool. Pool surface
repair can be very costly. The chances of getting a crack
increase as your pool ages and as a function of how hot it
is outside.
- Draining your pool yourself is very time consuming
- In many communities, draining your pool requires a permit
and requires that you follow very specific draining procedures
on how and where to drain. If you fail to follow your cities
or your HOA's rules for draining, you can be assessed a fine.
- The final product water of Ecoklear is often measurably
better than what you get out of the tap from your city. When
we're done, you'll have perfectly clear water that is clean
and healthy. It's like a time machine for your pool water.
Why do so many people drain their pools every 1
to 2 years?
Just like you, most people want their pool to look
perfectly clean and for the chemicals to be just right so
that it's absolutely safe and healthy to get in. They also
want to spend as little money and time as possible in maintaining
their pool. Overtime, with the build-up of chemicals and minerals
in the water, the water becomes increasingly less clear and
the important sanitizing chemicals that you add become less
effective (it takes more of them to keep the pool balanced
and your chemical costs go up). So, not feeling like they
have an alternate solution to the problem, they drain their
pools every 1 to 2 years.
My pool has a white ring just above the water line,
why did this happen?
When high levels of Calcium (and Magnesium and other minerals)
are in your pool water, they begin to deposit and scale on
the sides of the pool. A water hardness test (aka Calcium
Hardness test) can determine how many parts per million (ppm)
of these minerals are in your pool. An ideal pool has 200
to 300 ppm of Calcium Hardness. When a pool is first filled
with water, it normally has low levels of calcium. When water
evaporates, you lose water but the minerals and old chemicals
stay in the pool and the ppm of calcium hardness increases.
In parts of the country, like Arizona, where the city water
out of the tap has between 200 and 600 ppm of Calcium and
where air temperatures result in high evaporation rates, your
pools calcium hardness will increase by 200 to 800 ppm every
year! Since those nasty white rings can start appearing as
Calcium levels go above 500 ppm, it can take less than a year
for a white ring to start forming.
How can I tell if my pool needs ecoklear?
The best way to tell is to perform a calcium hardness test.
You can do this yourself with a test kit or you can call us
and we'll test your pool for free (also note that many pool
stores will provide this test for free if you bring a sample
of your water to them).
If the calcium hardness level is above 500ppm, it is recommended
that you service your pool to remove the excess calcium. With
ecoklear, we can quickly and safely take your calcium down
to about 200ppm.
Why is hard water and high calcium harness levels
bad for my pool?
As your calcium hardness levels go up, some or all
of the following will occur:
- Cloudy water
- Scaling (white lines and films) on the sides of the pool
- Pool pump damage and reduced pool pump life
- Pool chemicals become less effective (you need more of
them just to keep the pool in balance and properly sanitized/chlorinated)
- An increase in skin and eye irritation
- Scaling/calcification in the filter and inside the plumbing
pipes
- Deposits on the salt chlorinator cells (salt water pools)
resulting in frequent replacement
- Staining of decks, waterfalls, and features that come
in contact with pool water.
How much water is thrown away annually due to pool
owners draining their pools?
Coming up with an accurate and exact number for this
is difficult, but in Arizona alone, it is estimated that there
are nearly 1 million swimming pools that 5 billion gallons
are thrown away annually. To put that in perspective, that's
equivalent to the annual water demands for a US city with
a population of about 100,000.
It's been a few years since I drained my pool, and
the pool looks fine, does it really need to be serviced?
Looks can be deceiving; calcium that is dissolved in the pool
is almost invisible. To know for sure if your pool needs our
service, you need to take a Calcium Hardness test. If the
calcium is below 400ppm, then you're probably fine.
I've drained my pool in the past with good results,
why shouldn't I just drain it again this time?
Draining your pool does solve the calcium problem. However,
it is a huge waste of a precious resource and every time you
drain your pool you run the risk of creating cracks in the
surface of the pool. Pool surface repair can be very costly.
The chances of getting a crack increase as your pool ages
and as a function of how hot it is outside (trust us on this
one; never drain your pool in the summer). |
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