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Use the search below to find an article that may help resolve your pool question. This is a search field with an auto-suggest feature attached. - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. If you are not finding the answer to your question, feel free to email us at [support@poolsharkh2o.com](mailto:support@poolsharkh2o.com) and we can try to help. [![Pool Chemical Log Sheet Excel](https://blog.poolsharkh2o.com/hubfs/Blog%20Images/Example%20of%20Pool%20Logs.png)](https://blog.poolsharkh2o.com/pool-chemical-log-sheet-excel) # [Pool Chemical Log Sheet Excel](https://blog.poolsharkh2o.com/pool-chemical-log-sheet-excel) May 31, 2022 Keeping swimming pool logs is an essential part of managing public or commercial pools. There are many ways that you can maintain swimming pool logs, including printable pool log sheets, buying pool maintenance log books, and printing out your own pool log sheets. 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Auditing past pool maintenance logs can help show trends for preventing expensive equipment malfunctions and other potential maintenance... [![2021 Chlorine Shortage Will Probably Affect Commercial Pool Operators](https://blog.poolsharkh2o.com/hubfs/Blog%20Images/2021%20Chloring%20Shortage%20to%20Impact%20Commercial%20Pool%20Operations.jpeg)](https://blog.poolsharkh2o.com/2021-chlorine-shortage-commercial-pool-operators) # [2021 Chlorine Shortage Will Probably Affect Commercial Pool Operators](https://blog.poolsharkh2o.com/2021-chlorine-shortage-commercial-pool-operators) Jun 18, 2021 In the coming summer of 2021, there could be a severe, unprecedented shortage of some of the most popular chlorine products on the market. Rumors from pool supply store owners suggest that many stores could be entirely out of dichlor and trichlor chlorine tablets by the end of May. Dichlor and trichlor tablets are chlorine products primarily used by residential pool owners, as they are convenient... 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