The Vision of the Ultimate Pool
By Keith Coursin - President, Desert Aire Corp.
How to Safely Add Chlorine to a Swimming Pool
Chlorine is the most popular pool sanitizer. Its responsibilities include sanitization,...
How to Prevent Scale in Pool Heaters and Salt Chlorine Generators
Carbonate scale tends to form in the hottest water first...usually inside saltwater chlorine...
How to Add Soda Ash or Sodium Bicarb to a Swimming Pool
Do you need to raise alkalinity or pH in your swimming pool? If so, there are two dry chemicals...
The Orenda Startup™ is about the LSI, Not Just Calcium
Many people think the Orenda Startup™ is basically a "Calcium Startup". But that's incorrect,...
What is a Hot Start?
A "hot start" is a method for starting up a new or resurfaced pool using a lot of acid. It is...
What Causes a High pH in a Swimming Pool?
It happens all the time. Swimming pool pH climbs, or sometimes spikes, and all sorts of problems...
The Orenda Purge Dose
When first using Orenda products like SC-1000 and CV-600/700, the initial dose is what we call...
Minimal CYA (Pillar 4)
Our Fourth and final Pillar is to minimize cyanuric acid (CYA). Maintaining CYA at a manageable...
Phosphate Removal (Pillar 3)
Phosphates. The invisible common denominator behind many pool problems, elevated chlorine...
Organic Waste and Carbon Management (Pillar 2)
Bather waste. Non-Living Organics. Body Butter. Grease and oils. Whatever you want to call the...
LSI Balance and Calcium Management (Pillar 1)
LSI Balance and Calcium Management is the first of Orenda's Four Pillars. This is arguably the...
