Mahanoy to Shamokin!!! We are neighbors Yep, the coal regions. I used to fight low ph, but this year for some reason my ph keeps rising It may be because it has been dry and I haven't used many trichlor pucks this year. I used to use them to keep the ph low so I wouldn't get stains. This year I didn't have any problem with stains so I have been just using bleach. I didn't check it today, but it probably is low from all the rain. What town are you from?