7 Things to Know Before You Go Swimming

(Newswire.net — January 1, 2018) Cheyenne, Wyoming — There’s so much to be worried about but why should you have to be second guessing your drinking water or whether it’s safe to take a dip in the pool. We’ve all been to a hotel pool, spa, at the very least chilled in a friend’s hot tub, only to find our skin feeling a bit dry afterwards, which is probably because there was a chemical imbalance in the water. Chlorine is the usual scapegoat because let’s face it, most people don’t know what else is actually used in water treatment systems when there’s so much more going on that you ought to know about. 

There is cyanuric acid that works in tandem with chlorine to prolong it’s disinfectant effects, then sometimes bromine is added, with other factors at play being water hardness, alkalinity, pH level and free chlorine – yup, chlorine is mentioned again. 

To keep tabs on all that’s floating about, there are some distinctions made with regards to chlorine, total chlorine is just what it sounds like – the total amount of chlorine added. Then there’s combined chlorine which is the amount of chlorine that reacts with contaminants such as “people goo” (sweat, urine, basically icky stuff introduced by your body), so free chlorine is the yet to be used chlorine remaining in the water as explained by Fiber Tech Inc. Pool Preserver System.

Now, take a moment to swallow all that. That’s seven things at work or should one say at play in your pool water. No wonder your skin dries out and your hair lacks luster after a swim. More importantly, how could you be diving into all those chemicals without knowing if it’s kosher? Fine, you’re not a chemist but you should at least know if everything is a-ok for a fun day. So for the uninitiated, the AquaTest 7 Way Water-Analysis Test Kit by HealthyWiser is your best bet for conducting a quick and easy inspection to confidently confirm if the water is safe or not within seconds with 99.9% accuracy.

It’s interesting that when we think of water safety, the main things that come to mind are: Can you swim? Is there a life guard on duty? Do I have my goggles?  But we hardly query the quality of the water we’re submerging our whole body into, crazy isn’t it? You’d think clean and healthy water would be the number one concern for everyone, especially when kids will be joining in. But fear not, the AquaTest 7 Way Water-Analysis Test Kit was created to check the appropriateness of cyanuric acid, total chorine, water hardness, alkalinity, pH level and free chlorine in the water for non-chemists like you and me.