Resources
What we've learned about desert pools.
Practical writing on chemistry, equipment and maintenance, specific to Las Vegas water and Las Vegas summers.
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Water Chemistry
Why your chlorine disappears by Sunday
Stabilizer, UV and the reason a reading that looked fine on Wednesday is at zero four days later.
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Equipment
Reading your filter pressure gauge
The single most useful number on your equipment pad, what a clean baseline is, and when the reading means stop.
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Maintenance
The calcium line on your tile
Where it comes from in valley water, what removes it, and what makes it come back faster.
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Seasonal
What a Las Vegas pool needs in August
Evaporation, bather load, and the adjustments that keep a pool stable through the worst six weeks of the year.
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Equipment
Variable-speed pumps, honestly assessed
What they actually save, what they cost, and when replacing a working single-speed pump makes sense.
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