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    Yes, you need to add acid. Your TA will track up and down with your pH. The acid is dangerous if used carelessly, but pretty safe if you just take basic precautions. With well water, you will probably always fight alkalinity and rising pH. Welcome to my world.

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    Did I read your numbers correct, total hardness is 740 ppm? This is pretty high. Recommended levels are 200-400 ppm. Do you have very hard fill water or is something else going on? With this high of hardness, you are well above the optimum saturation index which means that you may experience scaling and/or cloudy water.
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    Im using well water to fill the pool, the water in Okla is VERY hard. I am seeing scale around the water line. Thought it was do to high ALK and pH. Suggestions on lowering?

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    It is pretty difficult to lower hardness other than replacing the water with lower hardness water. There are some flocculants that are supposed to lower it but it is a very messy and time consuming process. It may be easier to purchase some replacement water and have it trucked in.
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    Think I may just hook up hose to a tap in the house, we have a water softner. That should help right? Maybe with the ALK too?!

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    Yes, a water softner will help but you may want to test your tap water first to see what you are dealing with.
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    Is there a formula for how much acid to add and how long to wait before adding more?

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    Quote Originally Posted by dustybecca
    Think I may just hook up hose to a tap in the house, we have a water softner. That should help right? Maybe with the ALK too?!
    I just wanted to say that we had problems with our well water, too. I didn't want to battle those problems every season when I added water back to the pool. We hooked one outdoor spigot to our water softener. It has worked GREAT and I highly recommend it. It doesn't cancel out all our issues (we still deal with high alkalinity) but for the most part it has eliminated our biggest problems.
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    I tested my soft water this morning, pH was low but ALK was just the same as whats in the pool now. LOL Guess Ill just have to master the use of adding acid, and aerating!

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    Quote Originally Posted by JohnT
    Yes, you need to add acid. Your TA will track up and down with your pH. The acid is dangerous if used carelessly, but pretty safe if you just take basic precautions. With well water, you will probably always fight alkalinity and rising pH. Welcome to my world.
    Actually, well water generally runs more acidic than alkaline, so he'll work more on keeping the pH & Total Alkalinity UP.

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