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How one community overcame devastation and found peace in pool season
After an electrical fire decimated a club’s entire primary structure, a lost season spelled complete uncertainty for any future swimming.
The State of Aquatics 2022, Part One: Lifeguard Staffing
Where have all the lifeguards gone? The answers are many.
Beware These 5 Violations During Your Swimming Pool’s Health Inspection
Can you imagine a pool that fixes itself before there’s a problem? We can.
3 Secrets to Ace Your Pool Opening Checklist this Summer
Pool management is a 365-days-a-year operation, even if yours may only be open for a quarter of that time.
American Pool Service’s Aquatics Vision Program Receives CMAHC Certification
American Pool Service’s Aquatics Vision program has achieved Council for the Model Aquatic Health Code (CMAHC) Certification for its compliance with standards in the latest edition of the Model Aquatic Health Code (MAHC).
How Freeze Damage Affects Your Pool (& What You Can Do About It)
Winter is the most taxing season on aquatics equipment. What starts as a single issue can quickly snowball (pun intended) into a disastrous plethora of damages. Of course I’m talking about freeze damage to your pool. There’s already an excess of articles on the Web (including this one of ours) that can help you [...]
How a Lifeguard Instructor can make (or break) your pool season
Lifesaving is life-changing. I’ve been a lifeguard for 12-plus years, and I’m amazed by the number of times it’s made a difference in my life and others’. But I’m not just a lifeguard — I’m also a lifeguard instructor, meaning I’m responsible for training lifeguards. I’m also a lifeguard instructor trainer, so I’m also [...]
Free chlorine vs. combined chlorine: Why you might not know how clean (or dirty) your pool is
Ah, good old chlorine. When it comes to swimming pool sanitation, it’s the go-to, tried-and-true method. How hard can it be to chlorinate your pool water, after all? But you don’t need to be a chemist to know this is a potentially dangerous way to think about sanitizing your pool. When testing the water [...]
The biggest mistakes you’re making with your pool management service right now
As a swimming pool facility owner, your worst nightmare won’t be a hovering lightning storm, or the lounge chair arrangement, or whether there’s enough hot dog buns for the cookout. Much like in life, a failing pool season is due to the aspects a facility manager could have controlled, but didn’t recognize (or refused) [...]