The owners of this beautiful backyard oasis swimming pool wanted the pool water to feel as close to fresh water as possible.
Given that the design of the pool had such an incredible beach entry, that made sense! However, this desire for a "low-chemical feel" swim is a common request I get from many other clients too. Reverse Osmosis pool water purification is typically very successful in this aspect.
To create this "low-chemical feel" swim, we first used R.O. to remove excess toxins and micro contaminants in the pool water.
We also focused on lowering the calcium level (83% reduction), cyanuric acid level (81% reduction) and phosphate level (69% reduction). The customer was struggling with recurring algae so it was a top priority to get the chemical levels back in the correct ranges.
After that, we replaced the salt cell because the existing one was over 5 years old and past it's usable lifespan. Then, we re-balanced the water with the correct amount of salt and cyanic acid (CYA). It is possible for salt water pools to accumulate too much salt over the years (usually from blindly adding salt without independently testing the salt content) and this can encourage corrosion of submerged and above water concrete surfaces. Reverse osmosis will remove excess micro contaminants that increase chemical demand in the pool and return chemical demand to the perfect ranges that have that "low chemical feel".
This job was a big success:
- the owners have a low-chemical swim
- the algae is gone (without using algicides)
- the water was as pure as drinking water when the R.O. treatment was complete
- the very minimal chemicals in the pool water are in balance which will is proactive maintenance because it will prevent many future problems