Water in its Natural State

Those of you who are in the industry are fully aware that there are differences in opinions on water chemistry.

I have become a contrarian, not that I'm trying to be contrarian.

I'm, I'm in the pursuit of truth, and I have zero problem calling out things that don't make sense to me.

But apparently, that is quite controversial, and there are quite a few people and institutions, I should say, that wish that I didn't have this podcast and wish that we didn't have this great audience like you to listen to it.

And I love that.

Uh, be- not because it's contrarian.

I love that we have freedom of information, that we have free speech, that I'm able to say these things because I do care about the health and safety of swimmers.

I am one.

I actually just swam recently, which I haven't done in a long time.

But I love swimming.

I love the sport.

I used to spend hours a day in pools, which is something that most pool people just didn't do.

I lived in the water.

This was a huge part of my life, and so the health and safety of swimmers is paramount to me.

And yet I hear people telling me, "Well, why do you teach that chlorine doesn't matter?" You know, "Why are you saying it's all about LSI, sanitation?" As if, as if I teach, "Oh, you only need LSI.

You don't need to chlorinate your pools." I have never taught that.

But there seems to be a belief, and that's people putting words in my mouth, and I'm tired of it.

I am sick and tired of it.

I have never taught that you don't need sanitation.

I did teach that water balance is different from sanitation, but not that you need only one.

It's two sides of water chemistry, right? So anyway, in the spirit of that, uh, I have talked to Rudy quite a bit.

Rudy runs the Talking Pools podcast.

I think a lot of you are probably listening to that as well.

Rudy and I have agreed, because he disagrees with me on a lot of chemistry, but we do share one thing in common.

We care deeply about pool pros.