Quote Originally Posted by CarlD View Post
TDS and Phosphates are just the latest scare tactics designed to get you to trust pool chem companies, whose main interest is transferring funds from your bank account to theirs and feed you every kind of BS they can to do it.
TDS has been around for a long time and is usually the reason given for a pool getting algae outbreaks that can't be controlled because of the 'old water' with high TDS. Of course, the CYA level that is through the roof because of the use of stabilized chlorine has nothing to do with it at all!