Pool Still green after 20 gals of bleach...1st time post.

[Watermom]

If it was my pool, I would. But, do NOT totally drain your pool.

[Steve V]

Well I am on well water and I have a deep well that is only 20yrs old. I imagine there's plenty of water left in that well. I am going to vaccum it in the am to waste and then leave the vaccum in the pool sucking from the bottom and drain a good bit off. I have not decided how much but not anymore than 1/2 is my guess. probaly take a sunday and monday to refill.

[CarlD]

Wells used to be rated at gallons per minute, with 20+ as the max rating. I don't know if that's still true. Of course, the well gets ground water deep down.

Carl

[Steve V]

Vaccumed,I can see the bottom with sun over it. Not much debris there anymore. I did stir up a bunch of fine crap in the water that settled.

I have a new delema. I can get the pump to prime on the vaccum hose now that the water level is below the skimmer and outlet jet. How can I drain more water off. I don't think 4 inches of my 4 ft pool will impact my CYA at all I wanted to drain about 2 feet off to start.

[PoolDoc]

With an AG pool, usually you can just use your vacuum hose to siphon it out. If you tape the hose down, with the end in your pool adjusted to the level you want, it will break the siphon when it reaches that level.

Ben

[Steve V]

Got the garden hose sophoning now. Gonna try vac hose with shop vac on it!!

[PoolDoc]

Uhh, no, don't do that. Shop vacs aren't made for sucking water out of pools.

Do you have just a plain pool vacuum hose (for hand vacuuming the pool)? Use that.

Ben