Pool chemicals are important to keeping your pool water clean, clear, and sanitary. Here at Clean Wave Pool service, we use liquid chlorine as the primary sanitizer when you have a regular chlorine pool. Chlorine, while important, is not the only chemical we use regularly to keep your pool in ideal swim condition. Continue reading below to find out more about the chemicals we use regularly, or contact us anytime to discuss our pool cleaning and service packages.

Invoices for our services are issued on the 1st of every month and due on the 15th of the same month. The base rate is a fixed amount charged monthly and is a fixed fee for the service occurring in the month the invoice is issued within. The chemical charges vary from month to month and are based on the rate and volume of each chemical added to your pool in the prior month of service.

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Chlorine is the primary sanitizer in your pool water, responsible for keeping your water safe and free of germs. Maintaining an appropriate free chlorine (FC) level is the most important part of keeping you water in balance. The level of FC you need to maintain depends on your CYA level and more. We generally try to target 10-12.5% of your CYA during swim season or a minimum of 5-6ppm.

Primarily responsible for lowering the pH of your pool water (and alkalinity (TA) to a lesser degree). A low pH will lead to swimmer discomfort (stinging eyes, itchy/irritated skin) and can be harmful to certain pool equipment (metal parts, particularly copper heat exchange coils in a heater). High pH can lead to calcium scaling, cloudy water, and lowers the sanitizing ability of chlorine and other sanitizers. Many pools tend to see pH constantly drift upward naturally due to aeration (splashing, water features, salt generators, rain, etc.) and other environmental factors.

Often referred to as stabilizer or conditioner, its primary role is to protect/keep the chlorine in your pool from being burned off by the sun quickly/easily. At the same time, it also lowers the effective strength of the chlorine in your pool (by essentially holding much of the chlorine in reserve under protection). The higher the CYA levels in your pool, the more chlorine you need to get the same sanitizing effect. CYA also never leaves your water (unless the water itself is displaced). For these reasons, CYA should be kept at reasonable levels in your pool water - high enough to help extend your chlorine life and decrease your costs, but not so high that it inhibits chlorine from doing it's job (or requires significantly more chlorine to do the same job). We target between 30-90ppm of CYA depending on your pool type, usage, and more.