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How to clean your pool after a downpour

Help is at hand if recent weather events have created havoc with your pool. How rain affects pools During a rainstorm, leaves, dirt and algae spores get delivered into pool water. Phosphates get deposited into the water and chlorine, salt and minerals get diluted. Combined with sunlight, these conditions are perfect for algae to grow… Read More »

Check your pool is safe and compliant

On average, 74 people are hospitalised for non-fatal drowning in Australia each year, with swimming pools the leading location accounting for 36 percent of incidents. Over the last 25 years, 965 children under the age of five drowned in Australia. Swimming pools are the leading location for child drowning, primarily due to a lapse in… Read More »