New SWG, High CYA???

[kathgilliam]

Thank you all so very much! We have vacuumed to waste successfully, and actually, except for the stains from the oak balls, the pool is looking beautiful as it drains away. : )

Hula, I appreciate so much your plain spoken explanation of the pool plumbing. I am finally starting to "get" it.

K

[PatL34]

Actually I believe in not wasting water. This will soon be a resource that will be more expensive than oil.

Kathgilliam's $300 will be a drop in the bucket, especially in the southern US a few years from now. We are depleting Mother Nature's MOST valuable resource, NOT oil at a rate that is mind-boggling. Trouble is we think it just comes out of a tap.

In parts of Arizona, drinking water has to be trucked in by homeowners, because they cannot afford the $2 million it would cost to drill a well. Lake Mead is 74 feet below normal. It has to feed close to seven states and Mexico.

So please think about this the next time you have to drain water from your pool. A time may soon come when you may not be allowed to fill it.

Pat

[kathgilliam]

I grew up in West Texas, Pat, where water conservation was taught to us at an early age. In fact, on a visit to Seven Falls we stood at the observation point, and my sister tattled to my mother, "Ummm, they're wasting water!"

I took your advice and retested the water to confirm that the CYA was indeed that high. I used the HTH test and it was well over 100, which indeed is the top number. Then I bit the bullet and started the drain of the pool and our finances. I just didn't know what else to do. The pool was resurfaced this past February and I was warned the high CYA would be highly corrosive to the surface. I guess this is what always happens, the dilemma between the needs of the individual and the needs of the masses.

K