Jun 3, 2026 · 20 min · 10 segments
\[00:00] - Intro \[00:51] - Researching alkalinity since 2016 \[05:27] - CYA contributes to TA, so does acid reduce CYA? \[07:09] - Acid vs. Bicarbonate Reaction \[09:08] - Sodium and Chlorides…
And I learned a lot from a guy named John Wojtowicz, and he wrote a lot of papers, and they were way over my head.
In fact, I referenced the LSI formula in a previous episode not too long ago where I showed that formula, and you can find it on the Orenda site or just go to, just Google him.
I'm going to understand this." Well, as it was explained to me as we were developing the app and we were building out the pH ceiling function, the concept of carbon dioxide kept coming up.
But, uh, the actual word is potens hydrogen or the potential or I, I should say the power of hydrogen or the concentration of hydrogen.
But because we have bicarbonate alkalinity in our water, that becomes a good proxy because that is what is neutralizing that hydrogen.
So if you have hydrogen in your water, like hydrogen ions from an acid, for instance, it's going to bind to your alkalinity.
That alkalinity, for the most part, is carbonate alkalinity, and therefore, CO2 and the amount dissolved in the water is going to kind of, well, proxy.
If you're doing an index fund in the stock market, it's following the trends of the market very quickly.
So the more dissolved CO2 in the water, the higher the concentration of hydrogen, therefore, the more acidic the water and the lower the pH.
And as CO2 leaves, this is where it becomes relatable to us because we've all had a beer go flat or a soda go flat where you can see the bubbles leaving.
This is why your carbonated drink goes flat, but your pool is going flat too because you're more carbonated in the pool than the air above the pool until they equalize.
And I learned a lot from a guy named John Wojtowicz, and he wrote a lot of papers, and they were way over my head.
In fact, I referenced the LSI formula in a previous episode not too long ago where I showed that formula, and you can find it on the Orenda site or just go to, just Google him.
I'm going to understand this." Well, as it was explained to me as we were developing the app and we were building out the pH ceiling function, the concept of carbon dioxide kept coming up.
But, uh, the actual word is potens hydrogen or the potential or I, I should say the power of hydrogen or the concentration of hydrogen.
But because we have bicarbonate alkalinity in our water, that becomes a good proxy because that is what is neutralizing that hydrogen.
So if you have hydrogen in your water, like hydrogen ions from an acid, for instance, it's going to bind to your alkalinity.
That alkalinity, for the most part, is carbonate alkalinity, and therefore, CO2 and the amount dissolved in the water is going to kind of, well, proxy.
If you're doing an index fund in the stock market, it's following the trends of the market very quickly.
So the more dissolved CO2 in the water, the higher the concentration of hydrogen, therefore, the more acidic the water and the lower the pH.
And as CO2 leaves, this is where it becomes relatable to us because we've all had a beer go flat or a soda go flat where you can see the bubbles leaving.
This is why your carbonated drink goes flat, but your pool is going flat too because you're more carbonated in the pool than the air above the pool until they equalize.
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