It's too cold to swim here now, so I've decided to take a shot at getting off soft swim NOW rather than in the spring.

Just ordered the 2006 test kit from the links here at the PF.
When it arrives I'll be testing fill water out of the hose.
I will also do a partial drain and refill to dilute the soft swim and test the diluted pool.

My main challenge is avoiding the coffee colored water that I know will come with the addition of chlorine to our rural water. This will happen, my neighbor has told me his did.