You
couldn’t just expect your swimming pool to sit out in the sun and
open air for months on end without it getting dirty. One essential
part of keeping your pool clean, healthy and safe for your family’s
use is the application of certain chemicals on it. Here are some
examples of the most common substances that pool owners use:
Chlorine
Chlorine
is perhaps the most commonly used chemical in treating not only
pools, but basically any type of water that needs a bit of
sanitation. This chemical works by killing microorganisms and
bacteria by destroying the lipids in the harmful microbes’ cell
walls, eventually oxidizing them and rendering them harmless to
humans and animals.
pH
Balancers
Your
pool’s pH levels should always be balanced, so its acid or
alkalinity levels don’t rise too much for comfort. Chemicals like
sodium bicarbonate (which is, essentially, household baking soda),
can help in achieving this balance, thus also keeping your pool
equipment from corroding.
Additional
Chemicals
There
are a lot of possible problems that could affect the safety and
cleanliness of your pool. To respond to these threats, there are
other chemicals that you could use – algaeicides for instance,
kills algae, whereas enzyme cleaners get rid of any presence of scum
rings around your pool surface, which are often cosmetic products
that come off your skin and collect around the water.
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