While swimming in crystal clear pool water is one of the pleasures of swimming, water that turns and becomes cloudy is also one of the common inconveniences. Filtering your pool water is essential to avoid cloudy or milky water. It is not just an aesthetic and visual problem: it can be dangerous for your health. Find out what to do against cloudy water.
CLEANING YOUR POOL, THE FIRST STEP TO FILTER AND CLARIFY YOUR POOL WATER
There are some mishaps that we could do without, like the water in our pool that turns cloudy for example… To avoid this common inconvenience, you must be uncompromising about cleaning and filtering your pool water. Wind, pollution, rain, dust circulating in the air, and repeated swimming, are all elements that bring their share of germs and bacteria to your pool daily. The filtration of your pool water is impacted, which has a direct consequence: the water becomes cloudy or milky.
To rid the water of impurities and maintain optimal water quality, certain actions are essential and require having the right equipment. The pool robot cleans the bottom and walls, the brush scrubs the waterline, and the net removes surface dirt: a quick daily cleaning is better than a major cleaning done only from time to time.
MONITOR WATER PH AND FILTRATION TO AVOID CLOUDY WATER
Another element that plays an important role in the clarity of your pool: is the pH of the water. The latter aims to determine its acidity level and should ideally be between 7 and 7.4 for a perfectly controlled balance. To clarify the pool water, remember to measure the pH regularly with small dip strips. The right time to carry out this check: once a week. Be aware that a pH that is too low or too high encourages the development of algae and bacteria and is very likely to cloud the water in your pool. If the measured pH is not good, bring it up to standard immediately with special products that are very easy to find in stores.
Pool filtration also plays an important role against green or milky water. Don’t hesitate to regularly check the skimmer filter basket and the pump pre-filter and empty them completely if necessary. Make sure that your pool’s filtration system is doing its job properly: if it is faulty, it will leave various parasites in the water, which will make the water cloudy in the short or medium term.
POOL WATER FILTRATION: PREVENTING LIMESCALE, THE BEST FRIEND OF CLOUDY WATER
In most cases, limescale is the primary culprit for cloudy water. As with pH, it is essential to regularly monitor the level of limescale present in your pool. It is essential to eradicate it and rid the water of its impurities if necessary with a special anti-limescale pool treatment. Don’t wait to act, descale at the first signs because once the limescale is firmly fixed on the coating of your pool, there is no other solution than to empty it to scrub everything!
THE CLARIFIER, TREATMENT TO FILTER YOUR POOL WATER
Despite all your efforts, it is not impossible that the filter does not retain all the dirt, especially the finest ones such as dust or pollution particles. This can still end up making the water in your pool green, cloudy, or milky. In this case, when the damage is done, you must then treat the problem to quickly restore blue and clear water. The ideal product is a pool clarifier. It comes in liquid form and is poured directly into the water. Once the right amount has been poured (it is indicated on the product but do not hesitate to ask a professional for advice if you have any doubts), let the filtration system run for the time necessary for the water to become translucent again.
As a preventative measure, to boost the performance of your pool’s water filtration system, you can use flocculant. This pool product agglomerates particles that are invisible to the naked eye to make them thicker. The filter then manages to retain them and not return them to the water.
CLOUDY POOL WATER: HOW TO GET RID OF IT WITH A POOL ROBOT?
Cloudy water is therefore a problem that can be curbed by a set of solutions. It also happens that the pool filtration system is clogged, due to too much dirt stuck in the filters. What to do then? Adjust the chlorine level. Use bromine? Yes, but not only that… Another solution can also complement all these treatments: the use of an electric pool robot.
Why is my pool water always cloudy? Lack of Chlorine
As you know, the most common cause of cloudy pool water is the presence of limescale. Hard water is somewhat colored, and whitish, and the more limescale there is, the more it takes on a milky tint. Checking the pH of the water, mentioned above, is necessary. But it can also be supplemented, when the pH is balanced, by checking the chlorine level. Remember to rebalance these parameters regularly, so that the chemical stability varies as little as possible. In the event of a lack of chlorine, simply add some, and there are various satisfactory products on the market for this. But be careful, an incorrect amount of chlorine in the water can harm its quality. Indeed, it is likely to damage the skin of bathers, in addition to giving the water an unpleasant, even unbearable, odor.
Why is my pool water always cloudy? Use bromine
If the water remains cloudy, it is because the problem is not solved and another method must be used. Bromine can be used to reduce the presence of bacteria, viruses, and other algae and fungi to zero. Its use is less common than that of chlorine because the chlorine-bromine comparison tends to tip the scales towards the former, which remains less expensive. In any case, regularly checking your water allows you to make the necessary balances without waiting until the situation becomes too complex to require shock treatment.
Can you swim when the pool water is cloudy?
The causes of cloudy water in a swimming pool can be diverse. However, whatever the situation, water turbidity must be combated until the water becomes crystal clear again and fully suitable for swimming. Indeed, it is not recommended to swim in water that is not clear, especially if the cause has not been determined. Dirty or even cloudy water can be a source of fungal infections and health problems, especially for young children.
How to get cloudy pool water back?
You now know all that chemistry can do to recover clear and healthy pool water. You should also know that the temperature of the water, especially in summer when it is very hot, is a very favorable environment for the development of bacteria, which appreciate heat and humidity. Some people turn to a sand filter for their pool, thinking that it will succeed where the classic filter has failed. Indeed, all the deposits will be filtered by the sand, much better than by synthetic material filters. It may also be a question of insufficient filtration time. But the problem remains, as regards the bacteria which lodge in particular at the water line and which develop there.
How to make swimming pool water transparent?
To get crystal clear water, there is only one solution in parallel with all the others: regularly clean the pool itself. It is the twigs, leaves, grass, or even dust or insects that fall into the water, settle at the bottom, and become embedded in the walls, which are the sources of the problem. It is therefore necessary to eradicate them from the water and the pool as often as possible. However, this task, which can be so time-consuming and difficult when the pool is really dirty, can be made easier. How? Thanks to an electric pool robot. The latter also has the power to participate in filtering the water.
The pool robot and its autonomous filters
An electric robot allows you to clean a swimming pool regularly, effortlessly, and in a completely satisfactory manner. It travels the entire space it has scanned, brushes the coating as it moves forward, and vacuums up the dirt it has removed from the bottom of the pool, the walls, or even the waterline. Once this debris, dust, and other things have been vacuumed up, what happens?
Since the robot has a filtration system, the water passes through filters, which retain impurities. This is why it is important to clean the filters at the end of each cleaning cycle. At Dolphin, to make this task easier, the basket containing the robot’s filters is easily accessible. Simply open the robot from the top to remove the basket containing the filters, and clean them with clear water, using a jet of water.
The suction power of the Dolphin robot is such that it also plays a role in water filtration. Thus, its filters retain not only everything that its brushing may have generated but also the impurities that were in the water itself. It is for this reason that the use of an electric robot has a significant role in the filtration of pool water.
What prevention and proactive maintenance to avoid cloudy water?
In summary, for effective prevention of cloudy water in the swimming pool, here are some tips:
Monitoring pool water chemistry: Regularly performing pool pH tests and monitoring pool chlorine levels are crucial actions to avoid cloudy water.
Cleaning pool filters: to ensure the pool’s filtration efficiency, clean the filters every two weeks.
Pool pump maintenance: check the pump regularly for optimal operation. Pool clarifying products: use these products to collect fine particles. This helps prevent cloudy water. Cleaning with a robot is also recommended.