5 Steps to Keep Your Pool Algae Free In Long Arizona Summers

When you live in Arizona, the summers tend to hang around longer than normal parts of the country. Even though the times for vacations are over and school is back in session, the heat dial is still on. For pool owners in Arizona, this provides the right elements for your best green friend Algae to show up and make pool ownership a frustrating experience. But the good news is, it does not need to be this way. In fact, with all of the new innovations, there’s really no reason anyone should be having algae problems anymore.

To ensure your pool doesn’t have problems with the green algae during the last hot months of summer

1. Try To Keep Your Water Moving – An important thing to remember is that algae will start forming when water stops moving. Which is why it’s not a bad idea to constantly keep your pool filter running during the hottest summer months like August. Which if you have a variable speed pump, will allow you constant water flow without the high energy usage. Most new pools, and in some states all new pools and pump replacements, use the energy savings and eco-friendly variable speed pumps.
2. Use Your Pool – Swim in my pool? That’s a novel idea. Not a lot of people realize that often times one of the best ways to keep your pool clean is by swimming in it as much as possible. It’s because swimmers stir up the water and debris, thus allowing the skimmer to catch more particles and ultimately filter your pool water better.
3. Check Your Filter – If your sand or cartridge get too clogged up, the water will slow down, which can hurt filtration as well as chlorine production. Regular maintenance and backwashes prevent any clogging and will help in deterring algae along with other debris.
4. Add Algaecide Weekly – Although this isn’t always necessary, it’s another means of algae prevention, and something that certainly won’t hurt your chances of having a hassle-free summer with your pool. For those of you not using salt, make sure to shock your pool too.
5. Keep Sanitizer Levels Up – This means your chlorine needs to be kept at optimal levels all day, every day. This is also why we’re such big advocates of salt chlorine generators, as they manage to keep a consistent level of chlorine in the pool at all times, preventing the growth of algae in the first place.

Using these few methods will help you fight off the unwanted Algae for the remainder of the summer. If you have any questions about keeping your swimming pool blue give us a call at 623-939-1346 or stop by your local Pool Supply Warehouse retail store and one of our pool care professionals will be happy to help!

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