Re: Reducing calcium hardness

Originally Posted by
giroup01
Theoretically though would it possible to increase the pH to around 9.5-10, vacuum out the precipitated calcium, and restore the pH to normal?
Theoretically yes but in actual practice you might find much of it comes out of solution as stain and scale deposits on the pool surfaces as opposed to a precipitate in the water.
Retired pool store and commercial pool maintenance guy.
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