Heavy Summer Rains Can Turn Your Pool Green Overnight
Lake Worth, Florida Pool Cleaning & Fast Green Pool Treatment
Summer in South Florida means heat, humidity—and frequent heavy thunderstorms. While the rain may be good for your lawn, a major summer storm can quickly create problems for your swimming pool.
That was the situation recently for a Lake Worth pool owner whose normally clear, inviting pool suddenly turned green. Fortunately, The Pool Butler, based in Lake Worth, was able to respond quickly. Within just a few hours of beginning treatment, the water was already clearing, and by the following day the pool was back to normal—clean, clear, and inviting again.
Why Does Heavy Rain Turn a Pool Green?
A heavy South Florida rainstorm in Lake Worth or throughout Palm Beach County can upset the carefully maintained balance of your pool water. Rain can dilute chlorine and alter the pool’s pH and alkalinity. At the same time, stormwater and wind can introduce leaves, dirt, organic material, algae spores, and other contaminants.
During our hot Lake Worth summers, the combination of warm water, sunlight, reduced sanitizer levels, and added organic material can create ideal conditions for algae growth. The change can happen surprisingly fast. A pool that looked fine before a storm may begin looking cloudy or green shortly afterward.
A Green Pool Is More Than an Appearance Problem
A green pool is certainly unsightly—and you probably won’t want your family or guests swimming in it. More importantly, green or cloudy water can indicate that the pool’s chemistry and sanitation are no longer properly controlled.
Poor water clarity can also make it difficult to see the bottom, steps, or someone who may be underwater, creating an additional safety concern.
That’s why a rapidly changing pool shouldn’t simply be ignored in hopes that the filtration system will eventually clear it on its own.
Fixing a Green Pool Takes More Than a Big Chlorine Dump
One common reaction to a green pool is simply to add a large amount of chlorine. Proper green-pool recovery is more involved than that.
The correct treatment depends upon the condition of the water and the cause of the problem. A professional recovery may include testing the water chemistry, correcting pH and alkalinity, determining the appropriate sanitizer treatment, brushing pool surfaces, removing debris, cleaning or backwashing the filter, checking circulation and filtration, and monitoring the water as it clears.
The filtration system is especially important. Killing the algae is only part of the job—the pool must also filter and remove the dead algae and contaminants from the water before it becomes sparkling clear again.
From Green to Clean in About a Day
For this Lake Worth homeowner, The Pool Butler arrived on site, evaluated the pool, and immediately began the proper treatment process.
The improvement was noticeable within just a few hours. By the next day, the transformation was complete: the green, uninviting water had returned to the clear, clean swimming pool the homeowner expected.
Experience makes a difference, particularly when a pool problem needs to be corrected quickly.
Green Pool? Call The Pool Butler
For more than 20 years, The Pool Butler has been helping pool owners throughout Palm Beach County maintain clean, healthy, beautiful swimming pools. From routine pool cleaning and water chemistry to green-pool recovery, pumps, filters, controllers, plumbing, and equipment repairs, our technicians are experienced in virtually every aspect of swimming pool maintenance and service.
If one of South Florida’s summer storms leaves your pool looking more like a pond than a swimming pool, don’t wait for the problem to get worse.
Call The Pool Butler at 561-467-4030 and let us get your pool clear, clean, and inviting again. And remember, ThePoolButlerFl.com, based in Lake Worth, FL., is the ORIGINAL Pool Butler swimming pool service and repair companyin Lake Worth, Palm Beach County, and south Florida. Don’t be fooled by other companies with similar names!
