By Dave Stone

The best thing you can do for the safety of your friends and family who use your swimming pool is to ensure that there is no bacterium in the pool water and the water is clean. Usually, people use different kinds of chemicals to make sure that the water remains clean and there are no germs in it, but unfortunately sometimes these chemicals can also cause harm to people. If the chemicals are not used correctly and without any knowledge, you can cause serious damage to the people you care about the most. A lot of people have abandoned water chemistry as they feel that it's just too much of a risk to take to put family in danger.

Many companies have launched automatic pool cleaners that are specifically made to remove all the guess work from swimming pool water treatment. These automatic machines analyze the water automatically and suggest the exact amount of chemicals that you should add in the water. There systems are programmed to maintain the chemical levels of the water so that the eyes and skin remains safe and the water also remains clean for use. Some of the products also use other methods instead of using chemicals for pool water treatment.

Dosed Chemicals:

When you use chemicals such as bromine or chlorine, there is always a risk that you might damage the equipment of the swimming pool such as the pump or filters. There is also a fair chance that chlorine and bromine might affect the swimmers badly if the levels of chemicals in the swimming pool are not maintained properly. It's not easy to accurately check the PH of the water, Low PH can cause corrosion in the swimming pool while high PH can cause scale buildup. It's a hard job to maintain the PH as well as adding the chemicals in the water in such a way that it still remains safe for the people to use the swimming pool. Some pool cleaners automatically take care of the amount of chemicals to be used in the water. You can check the levels of chemicals in the water yourself using a water test kit which is easily available in the market and does not require a lot of skill to use.

Other Methods of Treatment:

Many owners of the swimming pools completely stop using chemicals to keep their water clean. There are also some other ways that can be employed to keep the water clean. Salt is most commonly used to clean the water but usually it's not enough. Most of the salt systems have powered cells that convert the salt into a much more effective sanitizer and then it converts the salt back in its original form so that the swimmers remain safe.

Other methods include electronic water purification. In this process, an electrical current is passed through the water so that it gets ionized. When the water gets ionized, it destroys the germs and bacteria in the swimming pool. This kind of technology is also used in making drinking mineral water.

By Terry W. Duff

This article will take you through the steps needed on how to clean swimming pool water. Whether you are a new pool owner or you have many years in pool maintenance, we hope you'll get some neat ideas out of this article. The water of a swimming pool is the most critical part of hygiene and enjoyment of your pool. We all know what happens to stagnant water if it isn't treated. Can you say slimy algae? So for your pool's health and the enjoyment of your pool learn how to clean swimming pool water properly.

Step 1

You have to balance your water properly. And you need to keep 3 factors in mind. The pool's pH, alkalinity and calcium hardness. This trifecta needs to be kept in balance with one another for ultimate enjoyment of your pool.

Step 2

You will want to test the calcium hardness first. This is easy to do with a good kit. The reading you get will likely be in parts per million or ppm. You're looking for a range between 200 and 400. The closer to the middle the better. This level is considered hard water.

Step 3

Generally in water testing kits there is an option to harden the water or soften it, depending on your reading. The most common mineral added to harden the water is calcium carbonate dihydrate, and to soften the water you'll likely be adding sodium hexametaphosphate. Add to the pool as directed, about a foot or 2 from the sides of your pool.

Step 4

So far on the topic of how to clean swimming pool water we've dealt with hardness. Next step is dealing with alkalinity. This will require an additional kit. You are looking for a range again, and between 100 and 120 ppm is ideal, although a workable range is in the 80 to 150 ppm neighborhood.

Step 5

Add sodium bicarbonate (good ol' baking soda) to raise the alkalinity numbers or sodium bisulfate (dry acid) to bring down the alkalinity numbers.

You're well on your way now to becoming a pool alchemist wizard. How to clean swimming pool water is not hard. And the only other step is to check the pH and you're set to enjoy your pool for years. For more in depth tips and advice to save piles of cash and reduce your maintenance time to just 5 minutes a week, please visit: www.YourPoolTips.com. Head on over right now so you too can begin enjoying these money saving "insider secrets" today!

By Brian Barker

* Pool pH & Pool Alkalinity The pH and Alkalinity levels of swimming pool water affect many areas of the swimming pool and must be kept at the correct levels if you expect to successfully maintain your swimming pool. The Alkalinity of pool water acts as a buffer for the pH, and helps prevent the pool pH level from fluctuating. The Alkalinity should be maintained at 80 - 120 ppm. The pH is the measure of the acidity of the swimming pool water, and the pH level should be maintained at 7.2 - 7.6 ppm. The pH of pool water is somewhat sensitive, but easily controlled if the Alkalinity is kept in range. All basic pool test kits should read the pH and Alkalinity level of pool water, and these levels are easily adjusted with common water balancing pool chemicals. If the pool pH level is not kept in range pool water may irritate the skin and eyes of swimmers, corrode the pool surface and inside of the pool equipment and make it very hard to maintain the chlorine level of the swimming pool.
* Pool Chlorine Stabilizer The chemical name of pool "Stabilizer" is Cyanuric Acid and it is referred to by either title. The Stabilizer level of swimming pool water must be maintained at 30-50 ppm. The Stabilizer level is important, but is typically only tested at the beginning of the swimming season when a pool is opened. The Stabilizer in swimming pool water partially surrounds the chlorine on a molecular level, to protect the chlorine and prevent the chlorine from being quickly burned off and used up by the sun. The symptoms of having too much Stabilizer or too little stabilizer in your pool water are very similar, and if you experience problems maintaining a chlorine level when all other chemical levels are properly balanced the stabilizer level should be tested. If the Stabilizer level tests lower than 30 ppm it will be difficult to maintain a chlorine level, because any chlorine added to your swimming pool will quickly evaporate and burn off in direct sunlight. If the Stabilizer level tests above 50 ppm it will also be difficult to maintain a chlorine level. Rather than partially surrounding the chlorine in your pool water to protect the chlorine, too much stabilizer will completely surround the chlorine making it inactive. In this state the chlorine is unable to combine with bacteria and harmful contaminants to sanitize your swimming pool. Stabilizer can be added to a swimming pool if necessary to raise the level, however once Stabilizer is present in pool water it cannot be easily removed. To reduce the amount of Stabilizer in a swimming pool the water must be diluted by partially draining the pool and re-filling with fresh water. 25% of the pool water should be drained and replaced with fresh water. The pool should be circulated for 12-24 hours, and the Stabilizer level should be tested again. This process should be repeated until the Stabilizer level is within range. The chlorine tablets and granular chlorine used to sanitize a swimming pool on a daily basis is a pre-stabilized form of chlorine. This means that the chlorine contains a small amount of stabilizer, and as chlorine is added to the pool a very small amount of Stabilizer is also added to help maintain the level. This small amount of Stabilizer constantly added with pool chlorine does not cause a problem in outdoor swimming pools because water is splashed out or evaporates, and gets replaced with fresh water to dilute the Stabilizer. This pre-stabilized form of chlorine cannot be used in indoor swimming pools, because much less water evaporation occurs and the stabilizer level will slowly buildup. Indoor swimming pool owners need to use an un-stabilized form of chlorine.
* Calcium Hardness The calcium hardness of swimming pool water refers to the amount of the mineral calcium present in the pool water. The calcium hardness should be maintained at 80-150 ppm in a pool with a vinyl liner, or 150-200 ppm in a concrete or plaster finish pool. Low levels of calcium hardness can lead to corrosive water conditions, which may damage the pool surface, pool equipment and pool plumbing. If the water in a plaster or masonry finish pool becomes corrosive, the water will absorb calcium from the pool walls and floor by eating away at the pool surface until the hardness level nears 150 ppm. The calcium hardness level can be easily raised using a Calcium Hardness Increaser available from most pool supply dealers. High levels of calcium hardness may lead to cloudy pool water and "scaling". Scaling is most visible around the water line of a swimming pool as a white chalky deposit, but also forms inside pool equipment and pool plumbing. A pool Calcium Hardness Reducer chemical is available from most pool supply companies to lower the hardness to the desired range for your pool. You may also partially drain and refill a swimming pool with fresh water, which has a lower concentration of Calcium. Calcium is present in the water used to fill the pool and in the pool chemicals used to treat the water. The pool chemical that adds the most calcium to pool water is standard chlorine pool shock. If you find that your calcium hardness level is too high, read the label of the pool shock you've been using and you will likely find that the active ingredient is calcium hypochlorite. Each time this pool shock is added to the pool water, calcium is added to the water. To prevent this problem begin using Chlorine-Free Pool Shock on a regular basis, instead of standard chlorine pool shock (Calcium Hypochlorite). The active ingredient in chlorine-free pool shock is Potassium Monopersulfate, which does the same job of oxidizing bacteria and harmful organics but does not contain any calcium. If you choose to switch to chlorine-free shock you should always still keep the standard chlorine pool shock on hand, because it is the only pool chemical capable of killing algae.

By Anjela Rock

Coonoor considered as one of the attractive hill stations in India, which is approximately 19kms away from Ooty. Elevated at a formidable height it is also the second largest hill station in India. The famous points in Coonoor which could make you feel the differences are Catherine Falls, Dolphin's Nose, Droog Fort, Hidden Valley, Ketty etc. Wellington's Golf Course is the nearby place where business magnates would love to spend an evening with their masterstrokes. Sim's park and St. Georges church are the other two remarkable places tourists should step in. Shopping facilities are also accessible and within your budget.

Catherine Falls, alias St. Catherine's Falls, is to be found in the region that environs Coonoor. This gorgeous cascade falls from an inspiring 250 feet. It can evidently been seen from the pinnacle of Dolphin's Nose if watching the complete waterfall as one whole feeling is what you are come across for. It is feasible to obtain a way to the pinnacle of the falls. This advantage point let you to truthfully be pleased about the grand command that Mother Nature has restricted inside a fall as you look down the 250 feet to the swimming pool of dampen and its nearby countryside below.

Dolphin's Nose is a massive rock configuration that is completely exceptional. The jut rock pattern looks precisely similar to what it is named following, a dolphin's nose. It counts a number of efforts to mount to the pinnacle of this rock projection, but the views are completely value the tough work. There are enormous alleys time-honored in to the both sides of Dolphin's Nose. In one of the ravine's you can without a doubt observe the overwhelming Catherine Falls with its ongoing flow more than a few thousand meters below. In the other gorge, you can mark where the Coonoor tributary get together the Kotagiri brook.

Droog Fort is positioned in the region neighboring Coonoor, is another famous points in Coonoor. Entering this castle it needs a little bodily effort because trekking must be carried out to reach your destination, but the tough labor is positively value it. This aged and depleted fort is positioned 6,000 ft over the plains. Institution says that this citadel was housed by Tippu Sultan as a settlement. With such an imposing setting that permitted the fort to control extraordinary views in all instructions. With the aim of getting comes to this site, you must travel in the course of the Nonsuch Tea Estate. It is in addition referred to as Bakasura Malai.

By Suzie Sanchez

Sometimes, worse things happen even to the best of people and some consequences are really a bitter pill to swallow. One of these is accidentally dropping your cellular phone in a pool of water. Bear in mind that cellular phones nowadays act more than just a communications gadget. It has become a repository of important information such as schedules, information about your contacts, and a lot of other crucial information which is vital to your profession. So what do you do when your cellular phones get wet? Would there be any chance of saving them including all the precious information contained therein?

If you ever waded into a waist-deep water without realizing that your cellular phone is in your pocket, or probably unintentionally dropped it in the sink while you were washing your hands, there might be a chance to save it if you act fast enough. If one of these circumstances happens, the best thing to do is not to panic. Just immediately take it out of the water and remove the batteries as fast as you can.

As you well know, water is a good electric conductor and it may cause some components within your cellular phone to short out when there is still a power source like a battery. If you have a Subscriber Identity Module card, or a SIM card, try to get it off your wet cellular phone as well. You may have saved a lot of precious information in the card and sometimes it might be more important than the phone itself.

Try to carefully shake the cell phone up and down, naturally without dropping it, to dislodge any water particle that may have been trapped inside it. Next, try to open as many gaps or slots as you can so that water can easily flow out. After this, cautiously tap it with a paper towel, without clogging the wet paper in the slots and gaps, to remove any water residue from the phone.

Afterwards, try to bury your phone in a bag of rice for at least twenty four hours. Your plain, uncooked rice which you can get at a supermarket can help suck the moisture out of your wet cellular phone. Once done, take out the cellular phone and put it at the back of your television set, right at the top of the heat vents that are found on most television sets. This will give your cellular phone adequate heat without damaging any components such as its digital screen. Try to leave it there for about three days or more. After this, you can go ahead and try to test your cellular phone by re-attaching the batteries and turning it on again. Sometimes, all the procedures as described may revive your cell phone and get it working again. If it does not work, maybe it is time to take it to an authorized phone shop because they might be able to fix it for you.

By Derrick Jhonson

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By Susan Hargreaves

The HTC Legend is experiencing a very quick network rollout with the newest operator to pick up this latest Android phone being T-Mobile, the Legend was originally launched on Vodafone a couple of weeks ago which was followed by a network launch by Orange, this latest release means there are even more tariffs to choose from for consumers.

The new HTC Legend take son a similar manufacture process to the HTC made Google Nexus One phone with both models being manufactured from a single piece of aluminium, this provides durability as well as an attractive finish to the phones.

The new Legend has joined the recently introduced Desire from HTC's new line-up of Android phones, the HTC Legend is a slightly smaller model which will fit pockets more comfortably with its 3.2 inch touch screen as opposed to the larger 3.7 inch AMOLED screen of the Desire.

Both phones offer a high quality 5.0 mega pixel camera with flash as well as the latest version of the Android operating system v2.1 which is also found on the Nexus One. The most noticeable difference has to be in the exterior design with the new Legend taking a similar design point to the phone that it has upgraded, the HTC Hero.

What has commonly become known as the 'chin' design which relates to the bottom of the phone being angled towards the user not only makes for clearer calling quality by bringing the microphone closer to the users mouth but also acts as a protective element to the main touch screen. When the user sets the phone face down on a surface the 'chin' stops the screen from touching and being scratched.

Also incorporated into the Legend handset as in the HTC Desire is the new FriendStream software, this pools together the users friends activities from social network websites, text messages and email and organises them into an application that produces a constant stream in information updates keeping the user informed of all of their friends activities.

The HTC Legend faces competition from both other Android phones such as the new Sony Ericsson Xperia X10, X10 Mini and X10 Mini Pro phones as well as the budget Samsung Galaxy Portal and LG GW620. There is also stiff competition from non Android handsets such as the Nokia X6, Sony Ericsson Vivaz and new Samsung Wave which all offer similar sized dimensions and touch screens although the new S8500 Wave does offer the new Super AMOLED screen technology.

T-Mobile are the third network to pick up this new Android handset with more confirming they will be releasing it over the coming days, there is also a planned launch as a SIM Free phone as well as that all important Pay As You Go launch which will satisfy those not wanting to commit to a long term contract deal.