With adequate filtration and circulation, clarifiers and flocculants usually aren't a big help. But, over 2/3 of pools do NOT have adequate filtration and circulation.
Also, flocs can help speed clean up of pools with dead algae, and some (PAA) can remove phosphates and metals.
The problem is that some, like alum, are very 'twitchy'. Potable water plants run continuous 'jar testing' to allow them tailor their alum + other floc blends to the conditions of the entering water. But, pool owners can't do that.
PAA is not nearly so twitchy, but I haven't ID'd a reliable source, packaging a known concentration.
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