Well, I can agree with you in part about cleaning up what falls from the trees in the spring and the increase in electricity.

However, I have to balance that out with the fact that I used mega gallons of water to vacuum to waste to get the dead algae out. It's so fine that I can't use the hose vacuum. It just stirs it up and forms big clouds of crud because it goes right through the vac bag.

Our water use it tied to our sewer bill here. Use a bunch of water, pay for it in the sewer bill too. They will give you a minor credit if you call them and tell them you're filling a pool but it's not much and they won't budge on increasing it.

And...the walls of my pool this year are now green/brown. Scrubbing isn't getting it off. Any suggestions gratefully accepted on how to remove it.

CoffeeBean