Would 30 ppm Chlorine burn off particulates?

[marilang]

Hi Bhelme, I live in an area where the pool water *itself* is practically treated as hazardous waste. There's a $20k fine if you let it run out into the street, for example. I can't imagine the fuss if I willfully contaminated the soil with phosphates, which I believe have been eliminated from all available laundry detergents here.

Waste, thanks for clarifying that there is no Star Trek solution here. I guess I'll have to open that cartridge filter three times this week. I was trying to avoid that because I hate getting fiberglass in my skin, and it's an awkward space to work in, and all the pieces are pretty heavy, and I'm pregnant, but I bet my husband would be happy to help out. I was planning to save this set of cartridges (still in pretty good physical condition IF I can get them clean) anyway. It just seems like it would be a lot easier to swap in clean cartridges, put the filter back together, and then worry about how to clean up the dirty ones, than to try and get it all done in one day so we can keep the filter running during the week.

I wasn't looking forward to soaking these because I tried it once before with a commercial enzyme-based cleaner and it made a big mess in my yard but had no effect on the filter pressure. We have negligible oils and lotions and I've seen no evidence of scale, just dead algae and leaves/flowers/berries off the trees. Although, that biofilm might respond to TSP now that I think about it...