Pool Monitoring Systems

Pool monitoring systems are the future of swimming pool maintenance. They help take the guesswork out of monitoring and dosing your swimming pools. They are great for homeowners as well as commercial bodies of water. What is a pool monitoring system and how can they benefit you? Let’s chat about it, shall we?

What are Pool Monitoring Systems

Anything that automatically checks the water chemistry and adds chemicals is considered a pool monitoring, aka chemical controller, system. These controllers can be a huge asset to your property. Some controllers dispense chlorine and others dispense acid. Some do both. In some regions, they are required by law on any commercial body of water. This is due to their constant monitoring of the body of water.

Brands like ProMinent pool monitoring systems work directly with your Pool Shark H20 App, providing a single, integrated technology system for your pool. Water treatment in swimming pools can be an extremely complex challenge. ProMinent has been the leader in this technology for decades. Their systems can offer comprehensive solutions. Some of the things their systems manage are flocculation, filtration, pH correction and disinfection. All things we as operators need to be aware of.

Proper Water Chemistry and Pool Monitoring Systems

This is the most crucial part of maintaining a body of water. We need always make sure we have proper sanitizer levels to keep our bathers safe. In order for our sanitizer to be most effective, we need proper pH and alkalinity. Keeping these fields in range also helps prevent scaling and corrosive water. This helps protect our plumbing, surface, and equipment.

The smaller the body of water, the more quickly the water chemistry can change. This is why properties containing a spa require the operator to be extra diligent as one can get very sick in a spa. We also have to take into consideration bather load and how much direct sunlight any given body of water may get as this increases the need for chemical adjustments.

To keep things simple, chemical controllers monitor and measure both the sanitizer and pH levels and add small amounts of needed chemicals. This happens frequently to ensure the water is always safe and balanced. This is more efficient than manually adding chemicals to the water and takes the dosing guesswork out of the equation. These systems are commonly referred to as “sense and dispense” systems because, well, that is what they do.

The Pool Shark H20 Pool Monitoring System

Luckily, there is a lot of technology available to help make our jobs easier. For example, the Pool Shark H20 App. This app can be paired with the LaMotte spin lab for even more ease. The LaMotte spin lab has a portable device and comes with “spin disc”. You add a very small amount of water to the disk and put the disc in the machine and you have accurate results in 60 seconds. These results are sent to your Pool Shark H20 App. You can also manually test the water using test strips or reagents and input your results. These results also give you a digital way of record keeping, making the old-fashioned paper logs go by way of the dinosaur. The results are sent to your chosen devices which allows your entire team access whether on-site or remotely. This modern technology uses the Langelier Saturation Index to ensure your water is always at its best.

Benefits of Pool Monitoring Systems

The thing that stands out most to me is the reduction in chemical waste. Because chemical dispensers will only dispense the needed amount, we aren’t wasting things like chlorine and acid. This not only pleases Mother Nature due to leaving a smaller footprint but saves your property money! Something that saves both time and money is priceless.

Chemical controllers keep “real-time”. This means that they are corrected before they become an issue. The issues being damaged pool equipment as well as swimmer safety.

Pool Monitoring Systems also provide warnings. Such warnings can indicate issues such as not having proper circulation. This could mean one of your pumps isn’t functioning. We want to address issues like that as soon as possible!

Try to think of a pool monitoring system like you being on the property 24/7. This is because they are working all the time. This helps reduce your daily workload. Imagine the ease of having the technology of a pool monitoring system and the Pool Shark H20…a dream come true. Am I right, or am I right? See you poolside!