{"id":40,"date":"2025-07-14T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-pool-cleaning-pro\/2025\/07\/14\/how-to-fix-cloudy-pool-water\/"},"modified":"2025-07-14T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T09:00:00","slug":"how-to-fix-cloudy-pool-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-pool-cleaning-pro\/2025\/07\/14\/how-to-fix-cloudy-pool-water\/","title":{"rendered":"Cloudy Pool Water? Five Likely Causes and How to Fix Each One"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cloudy water is the pool telling you something is out of balance. The fix depends on the cause, so start by working through these five possibilities in order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. Low or used-up chlorine<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If free chlorine is near zero, organic matter is building up. Shock the pool and keep the pump running.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. High pH or alkalinity<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">High pH makes calcium fall out of solution and turns water milky. Lower alkalinity first, then pH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. A dirty or worn filter<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Check the pressure gauge. A reading 8\u201310 psi above clean means it is time for a deep clean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4. Not enough run time<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In summer most pools need eight to twelve hours of filtration a day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">5. Early algae<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A dull, hazy look before water turns green is often the first sign of algae. Brush hard, shock and clean the filter within the same day.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cloudy water is the pool telling you something is out of balance. The fix depends on the cause, so start by working&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":13,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[12,13],"class_list":["post-40","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-water-chemistry","tag-cloudy-water","tag-troubleshooting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-pool-cleaning-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-pool-cleaning-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-pool-cleaning-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-pool-cleaning-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-pool-cleaning-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-pool-cleaning-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-pool-cleaning-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-pool-cleaning-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-pool-cleaning-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-pool-cleaning-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}