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[00:00] - Intro [01:35] - Question 1: Phosphates [05:50] - Question 2: Enzymes [07:44] - Question 3: Chlorine Lock [09:28] - More Questions [24:46] - Rapid Fire Questions [30:24] - Borates? [43:53] - Final Question ______________________________ Connect with us! Game Changing Pool Business Software: Pool Brain® Realize your full potential. Watershape University® Water chemistry questions? Orenda® Questions? Comments? Or apply to sponsor the show: [email protected] Facebook: @ruleyourpool YouTube: @rule-your-pool

[00:00] - Intro [04:55] - Topic 1: How important is pH in a stabilized pool? [06:14] - Rudy's position on pH/CYA/Chlorine [12:10] - Eric's position on pH/CYA/Chlorine [18:16] - Discussion - CYA limits and their origins [23:15] - Chemistry by Committee [27:08] - 0.05 ppm HOCl minimum [36:36] - Rudy's position on Range Chemistry [40:44] - Rudys algae research and the peer review process [43:27] - Eric's position on Range chemistry [49:51] - TDS and other parameters to test   [20:48] - Closing ______________________________ Connect with us! Game Changing Pool Business Software: Pool Brain® Realize your full potential. Watershape University® Water chemistry questions? Orenda® Questions? Comments? Or apply to sponsor the show: [email protected] Facebook: @ruleyourpool YouTube: @rule-your-pool

[00:00] - Intro [02:51] - Research on Nitrogen Compounds in Water [07:02] - Bacteria vs. Nitrogen Compounds [10:36] - Case Study: Covered Pool in Southern California [14:36] - What can be done? [20:48] - Closing ______________________________ Connect with us! Game Changing Pool Business Software: Pool Brain® Realize your full potential. Watershape University® Water chemistry questions? Orenda® Questions? Comments? Or apply to sponsor the show: [email protected] Facebook: @ruleyourpool YouTube: @rule-your-pool

[00:00] - Intro [03:39] - Evaporation and the wet/dry effect [09:16] - How much is a high calcium level? [11:14] - Intentionally forcing calcium out of solution [14:14] - Trial and error [21:54] - Using a pH probe [25:45] - What does this process look like? [31:05] - Alkalinity drops too. Why? [36:41] - What the research says [43:50] - Closing ______________________________ Connect with us! Game Changing Pool Business Software: Pool Brain® Realize your full potential. Watershape University® Water chemistry questions? Orenda® Questions? Comments? Or apply to sponsor the show: [email protected] Facebook: @ruleyourpool YouTube: @rule-your-pool

Out of respect for Jarred, this episode has no show notes. ______________________________ Connect with us! Game Changing Pool Business Software: Pool Brain® Realize your full potential. Watershape University® Water chemistry questions? Orenda® Questions? Comments? Or apply to sponsor the show: [email protected] Facebook: @ruleyourpool YouTube: @rule-your-pool

[00:00] - Intro [02:39] - My Upcoming Debate with Rudy Stankowitz [07:31] - Testing Natural Water [08:16] - Testing Ocean Water [10:55] - Testing a lake and two ponds [14:03] - High pH in water with algae: Eutrophication [15:29] - Takeaways ______________________________ Connect with us! Game Changing Pool Business Software: Pool Brain® Realize your full potential. Watershape University® Water chemistry questions? Orenda® Questions? Comments? Or apply to sponsor the show: [email protected] Facebook: @ruleyourpool YouTube: @rule-your-pool

[00:00] - Intro [02:20] - Soda ash vs. Sodium bicarbonate [04:51] - Alkalinity article by Kim Skinner (onBalance) [07:51] - Orenda Chemiculator® accuracy [10:26] - Closing    Read Kim Skinner's article HERE. ______________________________ Connect with us! Game Changing Pool Business Software: Pool Brain® Realize your full potential. Watershape University® Water chemistry questions? Orenda® Questions? Comments? Or apply to sponsor the show: [email protected] Facebook: @ruleyourpool YouTube: @rule-your-pool

[00:00] - Intro [01:59] - The Montana Pool Season [04:39] - What White Water Mold Looks Like [06:02] - Breaking down CYA [10:12] - How to Prevent White Water Mold [13:57] - Chemistry of Breaking Down CYA [18:27] - Challenges of Pool Care in Montana [23:01] - Closing  ______________________________ Connect with us! Game Changing Pool Business Software: Pool Brain® Realize your full potential. Watershape University® Water chemistry questions? Orenda® Questions? Comments? Or apply to sponsor the show: [email protected] Facebook: @ruleyourpool YouTube: @rule-your-pool

[00:00] - Intro [01:03] - Self Awareness [05:46] - Why I chose to join Pool Brain [08:47] - Addressing our industry's turnover problem [14:19] - Motivation when changing companies [17:57] - What I'll be doing at Pool Brain [20:48] - Closing  ______________________________ Connect with us! Game Changing Pool Business Software: Pool Brain® Realize your full potential. Watershape University® Water chemistry questions? Orenda® Questions? Comments? Or apply to sponsor the show: [email protected] Facebook: @ruleyourpool YouTube: @rule-your-pool

[00:00] - Intro [01:15] - What are parasites? [07:04] - How to kill parasites, and debunking myths [11:24] - The 2026 Cyclospora outbreak [22:06] - Comparing food-borne illnesses and severity [30:20] - Eric's near-death Cyclospora experience [33:04] - Cryptosporidium [37:58] - Best practices ______________________________ Connect with us! Game Changing Pool Business Software: Pool Brain® Realize your full potential. Watershape University® Water chemistry questions? Orenda® Questions? Comments? Or apply to sponsor the show: [email protected] Facebook: @ruleyourpool YouTube: @rule-your-pool

[00:00] - Intro [01:01] - How acid lowers pH [03:14] - Hypochlorite chlorines [04:20] - How hypochlorites are made [06:20] - Chlorines leave behind muriatic acid in water [07:28] - Excess hydroxides [09:50] - What can be done to limit the alkalinity rise? [12:01] - Closing ______________________________ Connect with us! Game Changing Pool Business Software: Pool Brain® Realize your full potential. Watershape University® Water chemistry questions? Orenda® Questions? Comments? Or apply to sponsor the show: [email protected] Facebook: @ruleyourpool YouTube: @rule-your-pool

[00:00] - Intro [01:27] - David's background [05:38] - Better Understanding CO2 [10:12] - Runaway TA on CO2 Pools [15:25] - Why CO2 tanks freeze [19:11] - Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) [27:17] - What was the TDS limit pre-2005? [28:28] - Mutual friends with Richard Falk [32:01] - Closing Buy David's book on CO2 for pH management in pools: https://davidwatsonpoolconsulting.com/ ______________________________ Connect with us! Game Changing Pool Business Software: Pool Brain® Realize your full potential. Watershape University® Water chemistry questions? Orenda® Questions? Comments? Or apply to sponsor the show: [email protected] Facebook: @ruleyourpool YouTube: @rule-your-pool

[00:00] - Intro [00:51] - Researching alkalinity since 2016 [05:27] - CYA contributes to TA, so does acid reduce CYA? [07:09] - Acid vs. Bicarbonate Reaction [09:08] - Sodium and Chlorides are Spectator ions [12:10] - Does acid burn through Cyanurate Alkalinity too? [15:04] - What about chlorinated isocyanurates? [17:20] - Closing ______________________________ Connect with us! Game Changing Pool Business Software: Pool Brain® Realize your full potential. Watershape University® Water chemistry questions? Orenda® Questions? Comments? Or apply to sponsor the show: [email protected] Facebook: @ruleyourpool YouTube: @rule-your-pool

[00:00] - Intro [00:38] - Bill's background [07:27] - Expanding education and manufacturing capabilities [14:44] - Clearance for fiberglass pool installation [17:28] - How to become a fiberglass pool installer [24:03] - Researching fiberglass "chalking" [31:36] - Selflessness [34:09] - Chalking looks like calcium silicate bound to to gelcoat polymers [37:40] - The LSI, and chelating calcium [40:04] - Gelcoat molecular structure [46:15] - Thursday Pools' chemistry recommendations [52:49] - One chemistry strategy that gets everyone's needs met [57:00] - UV systems impact fiberglass chalking?! [1:01:39] - Closing ______________________________ Connect with us! Game Changing Pool Business Software: Pool Brain® Realize your full potential. Watershape University® Water chemistry questions? Orenda® Questions? Comments? Or apply to sponsor the show: [email protected] Facebook: @ruleyourpool YouTube: @rule-your-pool

[00:00] - Intro [01:44] - Wójtowicz Update to the LSI Formula [04:21] - Dr. Langelier's Original Index Formula [05:56] - What water wants vs. What air wants [08:18] - Closing   ______________________________ Connect with us! Game Changing Pool Business Software: Pool Brain® Realize your full potential. Watershape University® Water chemistry questions? Orenda® Questions? Comments? Or apply to sponsor the show: [email protected] Facebook: @ruleyourpool YouTube: @rule-your-pool