Introduction: Water

Water. H2O. Dihydrogen monoxide.

Whatever you want to call it, it's everywhere and we can't live without it. We need it to drink, to water our plants which give us fresh oxygen, feed for livestock and food for ourselves, and to cool ourselves off with when it is hot outside. There are many, many other uses for water which we won't get into in this blog.

Water is also an entity that defies most reason and imagination. It dissolves substances easier than any other liquid due to the water molecule (H2O) having equal polarity, meaning that about half of the molecule is positively charged and the other half is negatively charged. This means that no matter the polarity of the substance you put into water, the molecule will be ripped apart (dissolves) by the water molecules.

Water is also self-leveling, in more ways than one. Chemically, water will always try to find a balance in itself. This means that it will either deposit or take from its surroundings to get balance.

Another way that water is self-leveling is if you put water into a container, no matter how you turn that container, the water line will be perfectly level with the earth.

With all this in mind, we will be learning how to cooperate with the water to try and get it balanced to give you the easiest time taking care of your pool so you have more time to enjoy it!

For more on water, you can check out the Wikipedia article on it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water