Chlorine Stabilizer Slows Down Chlorine

We opened up our 2010 SCP San Diego CPO class this past Thursday and Friday, March 4-5.  A new boss was in town, too – David Ogren — a.k.a. “David-O”.  Congratulations on the new job and promotion, Dave!  And thank you for the red carpet welcome! We arrived at SCP the day before class to set up the classroom in advance and everything went very [...]

Chlorine Stabilizer Slows Down Chlorine

Why The Dog Died – Monrovia CA, February 2010

Our first presentation on Fundamental Pool Water Chemistry (oops, I meant, “Why the Dog Died”) was given at the Superior Pool Products store in Monrovia, CA, on February 8, 2010 at 4:00 p.m. The store manager, Erik Hoeckmann, excitedly volunteered his store for this class, he swept up the class area, set up chairs and brought in refreshments.  The HASA representative doing a “Table Top” [...]

Why The Dog Died - Monrovia CA, February 2010

What Exactly is PPM (Parts Per Million)?

The rains just keep on coming here in Southern California…but no complaints here! — its all needed and welcomed! Speaking of welcome —  E.J Wamsley and crew gave us a huge welcome back to open up our first CPO class in Riverside for 2010 this past Thursday and Friday, February 4-5.  Thanks guys! Our class again was as diverse as ever – new guys, seasoned [...]

What Exactly is PPM (Parts Per Million)?

RWI – Recreational Water Illnesses

Our first CPO class this year was held January 21-22, 2010 at the beautiful PoolCorp Anaheim operational support facility (previously, the headquarters for Superior Pool Products LLC). Despite 5 days of rain (3-4 inches) and some area flooding , we still had a great turnout for class and all students arrived safely. In addition to the local travelers, we had students from San Diego, Santa [...]

RWI - Recreational Water Illnesses

Home Base In Orange, September 25-26 2009

Our CPO classes at the SCP Orange location just keep getting better!  It was quite a lively group — 13 guys.  And nine of the thirteen were from a single hotel facility.  They were all co-workers — jab’n and jive’n each other throughout both days.   They did quite well in the class – contributing, asking great questions and doing very well on the test. [...]

Home Base In Orange, September 25-26 2009

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onBalance is a non-profit research team made up of three pool guys:  Kim Skinner, Que Hales, and Doug Latta. They are a great group of guys and have contributed a vast amount of technical information to the swimming pool service industry.  You can visit their web site at:  POOLHELP.COM Here is a selected collection of their research papers and e-mails. ______ onBalance Selected Technical Papers Acid [...]

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