Hi John;

There's nothing good about your current pool situation, is there? Dealing with manganese is hard, at best. It is VERY difficult to filter. Doing it with an Intex-type pool with their weak circulation and filtration . . . I'm not sure I could do it myself.

Honestly, I think I'd recommend checking out the YMCA, floods notwithstanding.

(Had to Google news for your floods. Hope you're out of the flood zone. Too bad you can't send some of that water our way; we'd be glad to have it -- we've got crispy grass in June! If I was a farmer, I might be panicking about now.)

But seriously, I'd suggest you either get another pool with a DE filter (NOT a safe option on an Intex) OR you see if you can have filtered water trucked in.

Ben