Just opened pool for spring, test result questions

[Watermom]

Your cya reading is higher than I like and like the pool lady said, the only way to lower it is to do a partial drain. I like my cya reading to be between 30-40. If you decide not to do a partial drain, you can live with cya of 90, but you'll just have to run higher than normal chlorine levels as a result to avoid an algae bloom. See the chart at the following link. Ph and alk look good.

http://www.poolforum.com/pf2/showthread.php?t=365

Watermom

[conductor500]

One thing the pool lady said was that CYA at high levels has been known to possibly cause some health effects. Any truth to that? I live in Ky and supposedly the public pools are not allowed to use the stabilizer. CYA

Tim

[aylad]

With a CYA of 90, a chlorine level of 3 isn't going to be enough--you need to up it to at least 5.

Janet