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Article: A complex relationship: perfect water balance is the ultimate goal of any service technician. Understanding the close affiliation between pH and total alkalinity will go along way toward helping you achieve it. (service).
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- Pool & Spa News
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- December 5, 2001
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Many variables come into play when a service technician attempts to balance water in a swimming pool. However, the relation ship between pH and total alkalinity (TA) is the most instrumental.
"If the total alkalinity is in the right range, pH won't be so volatile," says Neil Lowry, Ph.D., owner of Lowry and Associates, a pool consulting firm in Toronto. "If your pH is bouncing, chances are the TA is too low. [TA] is the key to controlling the pH."
If a service tech doesn't understand this relationship, poor water balance can result.
"TA is the governor of pH," says Lowry, who also is a member of the National Spa & Pool Institute's Chemical ...