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The water going to your pool doesn't go through the water softener, so I don't think you could do that even if you wanted to, and it would be tough on your water softener to provide that much soft water anyway. I don't think it would. Even if you figured out a way I think you'd ruin your pool with salty water. Either that or you'd dive in and slide through the water so fast you'd hit your head and kill yourself.
having very soft water in a plaster pool can cause damage to it. Some cities actually have that problem and you have to make sure your calcium hardness is at a certain level. There really is not a "FIX" for our hard water problems when it comes to pool water. All you can do is balance your chemicals, add some chemicals that slow the process of calcium buildup and drain and refill every 2 years.
I guess I should have been more specific. I currently do not have soft water going to the pool, I was just curious if there were any advantages to keeping it full with soft water.
My pool is a very large above ground that was installed about 20 years ago, I changed the liner last year and this year although the water is crystal clear, I have calcium deposits on the bottom that are about a bear to scrub off.
The problem with draining an above ground pool is that as soon as it's empty, the liner shrinks and you have to replace it. Learned that lesson a couple years ago!
I guess I should have been more specific. I currently do not have soft water going to the pool, I was just curious if there were any advantages to keeping it full with soft water.
My pool is a very large above ground that was installed about 20 years ago, I changed the liner last year and this year although the water is crystal clear, I have calcium deposits on the bottom that are about a bear to scrub off.
The problem with draining an above ground pool is that as soon as it's empty, the liner shrinks and you have to replace it. Learned that lesson a couple years ago!
Try the search. We had a long thread about RO and soft water and their effects a couple of years ago. Should still be in the archives. Pretty good stuff. I know I was in it among others.
Salt water does not cause any negative impact. We have salty water in our pool (Salt chlorine generation system). It is great to swim in. Softened water is not very salty. You cannot even taste the salt. Our pool is far more salty than softened water.
However I asked a pool company about using softened water in our pool a while back. They said that you do not want sofftened water. It is harder on your eyes and the chemical balance will not be right. You will have to add more chemicals. The pool guy had nothing to gain or lose if we used softened ater,, so I assume that he was telling the truth. If you have superhard water or water loaded with iron in it, you may want to filter it, or try to get your local fire department to fill your pool. Some of them still do that.
Thanks for the help everyone. I am getting ready ready to build a large deck and add a slide to the pool but next year I'll drain it, change the liner and start fresh again.
my calcium hardness level is @ a normal range of 300 ppm. To keep the level from rising I am adding soft water to replace the water lost due to evaporation. That keeps my calcium level steady @ 300 ppm.
Also, I add it via a garden hose suspended from the diving board at mid level at the deep end of my pool which is where the main circulation drain is located. I also run the pool pump to ensure a most rapid integration of the new soft water with the existing pool water.
Do you see a downside to that method??
I am located in California & we have a drought conditions.
Water Softening by definition is REMOVING Calcium (Ca2+) and Magnesium (Mg2+) from the water through a process called ion exchange using a polymer resin bed which gives off a sodium particle in exchange for hardness minerals it should not hurt the pool as it's the same as putting salt in the pool for a salt chlorine system.
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