How do you properly maintain a pool or Jacuzzi?

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How do you properly maintain a pool or Jacuzzi?

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how much time do you have?.. the ? is, how much time do I have writing?

  Pool water and jacuzzi (spa) water ... It's all about WATER BALANCE, by that I mean having the Chlorine levels for a pool(according to health regulations..., which I don't have time to get into should) should be  between 1--3 ppm ( but when you shock the water the levels go up to 7-10 ppm ... which is what health regs say a spa should be maintained at???  BY the way HEALTH REGULATIONS are set for the SAFETY for PUBLIC and SEMI?PRIVATE( hotels and schools) pools and spas..SANITATION is the key (think of how many people pee in a hotel pool b/4 you went in... makes you think    huh) Anyway 1-3 for a pool 7-10 for a spa ... Ph for both should be 7.2--7.8 (I keep my pool @ 7.4--7.6) this reduces red/eye.. When your eyes burn it' not because of to much chlorine(thats another issue) it's because the Ph levels are off .   Ph of the human eye is ~~7.4 ..(understand what I'm saying?)  Then there's Alkalinity and Calcium Hardness.. these 2 factors mostly effect CORRSION.. SCALING.. PITTING and general well/being of the Mechanics of the pool... the pumps, pipes, metal, vinyl and cement/plaster/gunite..ALKALINITY  should be set around 80--120ppm and CALCIUM HARDNESS @ 200--400ppm..   Purchase a good quality test kit.. one that test for  Chlorine, Ph, Alkalinity and Calcium Hardness .. ther are all kinds of pool co's on line. Pick the one with good customer service and Free Shipping...Sorry, I don't have time to get into all the fun stuff like Algae, and cloudy, and backwashing , and flowrate /turnover etc ... But start with the basics .. keep the water balanced in  your pool or jacuzzi and thats 90% of it   GOOD LUCK.......