If you own a residential or commercial swimming pool in Dallas, high levels of calcium in your swimming pool are going to be one of the most challenging situations you might have to deal with. It’s challenging because most swimming pool owners aren’t aware of it, don’t know much about it and most importantly have no clue what to do when the levels get higher than what is recommended (200-400 parts per million). We hope this blog post gives you some insight on what to do if you own a swimming pool and live in the Dallas Ft. Worth area where the fill water is loaded with calcium, magnesium and other hardness minerals. Specifically in Dallas, the amount of calcium in our tap water measures around 300 parts per million (ppm). Due to the fact that it comes out that hard, it can cause numerous problems to faucets, shower heads, countertops, sinks and so much more. These are issues that most homeowners are aware of because they see it and deal with it all the time, but what about your swimming pool? Have you ever thought about what these high levels of calcium in your water do to your swimming pool?
As water evaporates, the calcium and other hardness minerals remain in solution and gradually increase in concentration. As these levels get higher and higher, you will start to notice calcium scaling on the water tile line, the interior finish of the swimming pool, your filtration equipment, decorative water features, salt chlorinator (if you have one) and so much more. If you spent a lot of money on decorative tile and water features, they will soon be loaded with thick white calcium that is extremely difficult and expensive to remove!
Another issue that high calcium levels cause challenges with maintaining the chemistry in your swimming pool. That’s why most pool professionals will tell you that changing out the water in your swimming pool every two years to prevent this problem is a smart idea. At Weber Pools, we offer The Puripool Process. This service uses Reverse Osmosis (RO) filtration to lower Calcium Hardness (CH), Total Dissolved Solids (TDS), Cyanuric Acid (CYA), and so much more without draining the swimming pool. It conserves 85% of the water that’s in the pool which is great for water conservation, it never exposes the interior which prevents cracking and our promise is to give you better water than you’d get out of the tap. So, if calcium, TDS, or CYA is high in your swimming pool, call us today to get drinking quality water back in your pool and conserve nature’s most precious resource, WATER!!