Welcome to the world of pool ownership and thank you for choosing Blue Horizons as your water treatment products.  Learning and understanding how your pool works will help you achieve water that looks inviting and is clean and comfortable for you, your family and your friends to enjoy. In this guide we will inform you about pool maintenance and water treatment using chlorine or bromine based sanitisers (disinfectants) and explain the importance of establishing and maintaining the correct chemical levels.  We will also look at the role of filtration in keeping your pool water clear, bright and attractive.  It is not our intention to baffle you with complicated formulas or to use jargon but to introduce you to our simple B.O.A.S.T. system of continuous pool water care that will enable you to run your pool economically and successfully.  Rest assured that by using the B.O.A.S.T. programme, you will have pool water to boast about throughout the swimming season.

 B - Balance your pool water for bather comfort and maximum chemical efficiency.

 O - Oxidise to establish a sanitiser level then weekly to destroy waste compounds

 A - Algae prevention, stop algae estabilishing themselves in your pool water

 S - Sanitise, maintain a constant sanitiser level to prevent and kill bacteria

 T - Test your water frequently, you really don't what the levels are without testing

 To make it easier to digest we have broken this pool care section of our web site into the following sections:

1. Knowing your pool / useful information (click here)
2. Circulation and filtration (click here)
3. Balance your pool water (click here)
4. Oxidise your pool water (click here)
5. Algae prevention (click here)
6. Sanitise pool water (click here)
7. Testing pool water (click here)
8. Beyond the BOAST system - cleaners and clarifiers (click here)
9. Preparing the pool for winter (click here)
10. General and chemical safety information (click here)