You used well water to fill a pool how do you get the orangish-brown color to be clear?

Answer 1

Our pool was brown when we first opened it this year, I guess the tarp fell from being too heavy with water, and all the leaves and dirt sitting on it fell in! A complete mess, You can shock it and add chlorine or pool sanitizer its called. But the majority of ours was leaves. So for a week straight i was using a leaf basket scooping leaves out, i was told the shock and chlorine help break them down. Once mostly they are all out you can start to vaccum the dirt up. It takes a while but less mess than drainig your pool i thought! Make sure you dump some algecide in too!

Answer 2

In most cases when a pool turns brown, minerals in water are reacting to chlorine that has be added to the water. Add a sequestering agent and the pool will clear up in about 24 hours. After the pool clears up, clean the filter.

Answer 3

First drain it then put hose water in then put the chemicals in.

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Draining it is the absolute very last thing i would do, and even that isn't always a good idea. First of all if your water has an orange tint, its probably iron. And that usually comes from filling your pool with groundwater. So if you drain it and fill it again, its not doing you any good because its just gonna be orange again. Iron in pool water can be treated. Any pool place can test the water for metals and give you what you need to clean it up. If you decide you want to drain your pool you could be asking for problems. If its an in-ground pool and you have a high water table in your area, it can crack or even break your whole pool floor. Also once an in-ground pool liner has been stretched into place that's the shape it holds. If you drain the water out, chances are the liner is going to slide of move and once it does its hard to get it back. Then you could have wrinkles all over the place. There are special liner vacuum's that are used to suck the liner to the floor and walls so it stays in place while the water is drained out. Then has to remain going while the pool is being filled again. I install pools and trust me, 30 bucks for some chemicals is A LOT cheaper than 1000 to 3000 dollars for the potential damage you could have from draining it.

Answer 4

I'm sure that you did not fill MY pool with well water. Then who's pool was it.

Answer 5

Filter the water before filling the pool. Filter the water after filling the pool. Add chlorine only after you have filtered the water for 24 hrs or more.