Above Ground Pool Well Water Startup: How to Treat Iron and Minerals Before Adding Chlorine

Above Ground Pool Well Water Startup

An above ground pool well water startup goes wrong the same way almost every time: the pool fills up looking perfectly clear, then the moment chlorine hits the water it turns brown or rust-colored. That reaction comes from dissolved iron in the well water, and it is preventable if you treat the water before any … Read more

What Well Water Does to a New Pool When You Add Chlorine Without Pre-Treatment

What Well Water Does To A New Pool

A homeowner called me after their brand-new above ground pool turned from clear to rust-brown within ten minutes of adding chlorine shock, and they were convinced the pool itself was defective. It was not the pool. It was the well water they filled it with, and a mineral in that water that chlorine reveals the … Read more