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Regular Testing Ensures
High Quality Water
We recommend that pool water be tested
regularly throughout the swimming season
to detect potential problems. This enables
you to be aware of any balancing and treatment
adjustments needed before a problem becomes
serious.
Our BioGuard Accu-Scan® computerized
water test station is accurate, quick
and easy. The Accu-Scan test strip reader
provides the best technology for testing
water with fast, accurate results. By
using technology originally developed
for the medical industry, Accu-Scan accurately
measures free chlorine, total
chlorine and bromine residuals,
total alkalinity, borates,
calcium hardness, cyanuric acid,
biguanide, hydrogen peroxide
and copper and iron. These
are all the tests that should be run to
keep your pool ready for swimming when
you are. Accu-Scan provides a very detailed
report of your pool water status and what
adjustments need to be made to keep your
water in balance and your pool looking
and feeling great.
 
Most people falsely assume that clear
water means the water is free of bacteria,
swimmer residue and algae. This is not
so. You should make sure that the pool
water has the proper amount of sanitizer
and is balanced throughout the swimming
season.
Testing at least once a month is what
we suggest. You should also test at home
on a weekly basis.
TIP: Collect a Clean Water Sample for
Analysis
Here’s what you do:
- Start with a clean, glass or plastic
bottle -- that is, make sure whatever
was in the bottle has been rinsed out
and that no soap residue is present.
Simply rinse with warm water to loosen
product, dirt, etc.
- Rinse the bottle with pool/spa water
discarding your rinse water outside
the pool or spa.
- Invert the bottle (mouth down) and
push down into the pool or spa about
8-10 inches. Then turn the bottle upright
to fill. This way, you'll collect water
without any surface contaminants in
a bottle that has minimal other contaminants.
- Cap and bring to the store as soon
as you can (no rush, but don't leave
it sitting in the sun which could break-down
some chemicals prior to testing.
Be prepared to tell us what products
you use in your pool and the most recent
applications you've made and when.
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