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		<title>You Need to Know How Much Water is in the Pool !</title>
		<link>http://www.anotherperfectpoolnews.com/2011/11/13/you-need-to-know-how-much-water-is-in-the-pool/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 06:36:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you maintain a swimming pool &#8211; residential or commercial - you MUST know how much water is in it.   If you know how much water is the the pool, you will understand if your pool equipment is performing correctly AND you will know the correct amount of chemicals to add to the pool water. The local health department requires that all the pool water  must [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NSPF Educational Opportunities</title>
		<link>http://www.anotherperfectpoolnews.com/2011/10/30/nspf-educational-opportunities/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 02:49:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elise</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We start the second day of our CPO class with the homework review.    Did somebody say, &#8220;Homework? Ugh!&#8221;  Well, yes, it IS school &#8212; AND there is HOMEWORK!&#8211;sorry&#8230;.you&#8217;ve got to practice those math problems to do well on the exam&#8211;it&#8217;s a fact! After the homework review, we spend some time online showing the students the National Swimming Pool Foundation&#8217;s website. We also introduce our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World Aquatic Health Conference &#8211; 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.anotherperfectpoolnews.com/2011/10/17/world-aquatic-health-conference-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 02:03:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The World Aquatic Health Conference From a Pool Man&#8217;s View The 8th Annual World Aquatic Health Conference (WAHC) was held in Seattle, Washington and attracted a record number of registrants this year.  Over 400 industry leaders came together at this unique Conference to participate in over 40 different seminars covering 5 different symposium topics:  Aquatic Health Benefits, Recreational Water Illness Prevention, New Industry Technology, Drowning [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lights Out In San Diego</title>
		<link>http://www.anotherperfectpoolnews.com/2011/09/13/lights-out-in-san-diego/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 15:27:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We had a little surprise occur during our CPO class this past Thursday and Friday, September 8-9, at PoolCorp&#8217;s SCP store! At 3:45 p.m. on Thursday, the lights went out &#8211; literally.  The whole power grid went down in all of San Diego County and parts of Mexico and southern Orange County.   When the power went down in our classroom, there was no more projector, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Total Alkalinity &#8211; What is it exactly?</title>
		<link>http://www.anotherperfectpoolnews.com/2011/08/31/total-alkalinity-what-is-it-exactly/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 20:32:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are several phrases and terms used to describe Total Alkalinity (TA): The buffering capacity of water Water&#8217;s ability to neutralize acid The pH stabilizer The ability of water to resist a change in pH A measure of the total of hydroxide ions (OH-), carbonate ions (CO3-) and bicarbonate ions (HCO3-) in water The pH anchor These are all correct.  As you know, TA is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What changes the pH of pool water?</title>
		<link>http://www.anotherperfectpoolnews.com/2011/07/24/what-changes-the-ph-of-pool-water/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jul 2011 21:29:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just about everything that is added to the pool water will change the pH.  And anything that exits or is carried out of the water changes the pH.  Even the type of pool wall surface will affect the pH. Our Pool &#38; Spa Operator Handbook lists a few things that affect the pH: the bathers the disinfectants we use the source water air-borne debris the water balance [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Know Your Test Kit (AND It&#8217;s Limitations)!</title>
		<link>http://www.anotherperfectpoolnews.com/2011/07/17/know-your-test-kit-and-its-limitations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 00:20:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The main &#8220;tool of the trade&#8221; that we use as pool operators is our test kit and testing instruments. In our CPO certification class, we talk about and thoroughly explain, the four different methods of chemical testing that we perform in the field:  colorimetric, titrimetric, turbidimetric, and electronic.   There are many different brands, models, and combinations of test kits and instruments available to us.  And every [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Total Dynamic Head and the Pump Curve</title>
		<link>http://www.anotherperfectpoolnews.com/2011/07/10/total-dynamic-head-and-the-pump-curve/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 04:55:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s already July, 2011 &#8212; and this year is more than half over.  Time is just FLYING by as we have fun teaching CPO classes! Last Monday was July 4, and we celebrated our country&#8217;s Independence Day with family and friends with picnics and fireworks.  As a nation, we have declared ourselves to be independent and sovereign now for 235 years&#8230;..but that freedom has not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Incompatible Pool Chemicals</title>
		<link>http://www.anotherperfectpoolnews.com/2011/06/26/incompatible-pool-chemicals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jun 2011 15:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We had a full house in our CPO Certification class at SCP/PoolCorp in Riverside this past Thursday and Friday, June 23-24.  We purchased more tables to accommodate everyone and are now better prepared to include more students at this location.  We appreciate SCP allowing us to store the tables there between classes, too. When we talk about pool water problems in our classes, the topic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>VGB Pool &amp; Spa Safety Act</title>
		<link>http://www.anotherperfectpoolnews.com/2011/06/06/vgb-pool-spa-safety-act/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 14:31:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The new NSPF Pool &#38; Spa Operator Handbook - 2011 Edition &#8211; from the National Swimming Pool Foundation has been updated to include a GREAT overview of the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act (aka &#8220;P&#38;SS Act&#8221;).  This law was signed by President Bush on December 19, 2007 and compliance was mandatory for all public pools after December 19, 2008. The overview in the [...]]]></description>
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