My apartment pool is disgusting...any way I can find out the ph and test for diseases?

Question

I'm not swimming in it but some of the local kids are. I wish to prove to the apartment place that their pool is unsafe for the kids and either they close it or they clean the pool. Any suggestions on how to prove it is unfit for children (or anyone)?

Answer 1

You need to pick up a water testing kit (local pool supply/Home Depot/Lowes/Walmart)  Follow the instructions and go from there.

Re: Diseases - there is no way you can test for this - you would need to send this off to have the water analyzed - if the readings come back as good then odds are there won't be any issues in the pool just poor cleaning.

You can also take a sample of the water to the local pool store they normally test it for free and tell you what you need (get a pickle jar and fill it up with water) don't use plastic as this can cause conflicting readings with the chemicals.  

Good Luck!