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    Vacuuming algae from a swimming pool - GIF


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    Looks like they used some sort of alum treatment to get the sludge to settle.

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    I see a major backwash coming soon.

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    There's some "algae" but that looks like fine dust or volcanic ash. I've never seen that just from flocking except at :43 sec, that looks like what settles after a floculent treatment. I see a whole new filter changeout after that one! you could backwash and rinse for an hour and not clear the filter. That's a LOT of sediment.
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    Could be that they bypassed the filter and sent it directly to the sewer. I'm pretty sure that would be how I would have done it if I still had a pool.

    That sure is a dirty pool.

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    I am voting for some alge with LOTS of dust from something; wildfire, volcano, something. It is too evenly spread around. Algee would be more concentrated in areas that always have sun, less so on the shady side of the pool.



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