Why Your Pool’s pH Levels Matter and How to Check Them

1. Why Your Pool’s pH Levels Matter
and How to Check Them
By: Liliana Bordallo

2. Why Your Pool’s pH Levels Matter and How to
Check Them
Florida-based professional Liliana Bordallo leads Household Services, Inc., as director. In this
capacity, Liliana Bordallo and her team provide a range of valuable services to homeowners and
families in Miami, Florida, including pool maintenance services.

3. Why Your Pool’s pH Levels Matter and How to
Check Them
Although it’s often overlooked, pH levels in your pool are extremely important for sanitation and
general pool maintenance. If the pH levels are too high, then the water is considered alkaline and it
has a greater chance of scaling your pool’s surface. Not only that, but high levels of alkalinity cloud
the pool water. Conversely, low pH levels mean the water is more acidic, thus results in corrosion
of the handrails, pool fixtures, and pool equipment.

4. Why Your Pool’s pH Levels Matter and How to
Check Them
The pH levels in your pool vary whenever you add something to the water. This may include
everything from cleaning chemicals to humans. Because of this, it’s extremely important that you
check the pH of your pool roughly once a week. You can do this with a simple pool test kit that
requires you to fill a vial with pool water. To this vial, you add a few drops of liquid reagent or
tablets that change the water color. This color indicates your water’s pH levels.

5. Why Your Pool’s pH Levels Matter and How to
Check Them
Ideally, you want a pH level of about seven when you test your pool water. This rating is the same
as being neutral and will allow your chlorine to disinfect the pool effectively without hurting the eyes
or nose. Most tests show pH levels of seven as green in color. As numbers near zero, which is
often purple, the water is deemed more acidic. Meanwhile, alkaline water occupies numbers
between eight and 14 and is generally yellow, orange, or red in color.