Causes of Color Change and Turbidity in Pool Water

The color of your pool water may be greenish, reddish, dull or cloudy. If the color of the pool water has changed, there is a problem with something. Factors affecting color change in pool water:

Problems in the pool filtration system:

The most basic element of the pool for health is filtration. When a good filtration system is installed, you will have a pool that works flawlessly and with superior water quality for many years. If the filtration system is well planned and built, your chemical needs will be very low, so your costs related to chemical consumption and water renewal will be at a minimum. If the filtration system is not well planned and installed in good engineering conditions, you will constantly have to use excessive chemicals to ensure water quality. This is harmful to both your wallet and your health. Unfortunately, many customers choose a low-level filtration system or tolerate low-level filtration to keep initial setup costs low. The color of the pool water becomes discolored when the following problems are experienced with the filter system.

• Insufficient filtration capacity (low filtration capacity)

• Wrong filtering material selection

• The filter is clogged

• The filter pump suction or discharge is clogged

• Filter by-pass condition or filtration of the filtering material in the tank

• Filter backwashing is not done or it is done for more than 7 days.

Inadequate use, excessive use or misuse of pool chemicals:

• High PH rate in the pool

• Disruption of alkalinity balance in the pool

• Low chlorination

• High chlorination

• Excessive precipitant use

• Mixing or sequential use of pool chemicals

Problems in the mechanical system of the pool:

• Insufficient piping capacity

• Wrong design in the pool hydraulic system

• Inadequate distribution of filtered water in the pool

Physical or chemical problems in the pool water source:

• Presence of excessive algae (algae cells) in the pool water source

• High iron and copper ratio

• Excessive hardness ratio

• Excessively high water-insoluble content (inorganic pollution)

• Excessively high dissolved content (organic pollution) in water