Guides

Practical answers from A Clear Alternative Water, serving Burlington, Camden, Atlantic, Gloucester, Salem, Cape May, Mercer and Monmouth counties since 1991. Call 856-856-5210.

• How to Fill a Swim Spa: Gallons, Fill Time and Truck Delivery in South Jersey
  How many gallons a swim spa holds, how long a hose fill takes, when to drain and refill, and how truck delivery speeds it up in South Jersey.
• Draining and Refilling a Hot Tub in Winter Without Freeze Damage
  How to drain and refill a hot tub in a South Jersey winter without freeze damage: picking the day, same-day steps, water when the spigot is off, and balancing.
• Filling a New Plaster Pool: Why the First Fill Should Not Stop
  New plaster pools must be filled fast and without stopping to avoid a ring. Fill-day steps, how to use a water truck safely, and the first week of start-up.
• Is Your Closed Pool Losing Water This Winter? How to Tell a Leak From Normal Loss
  How much water a closed pool should lose in a South Jersey winter, signs of a leak under the cover, the bucket test, and what to do before your spring refill.
• How Often Should You Drain and Refill a Hot Tub? A Simple Formula and Step-by-Step Guide
  How often to drain a hot tub, the gallons divided by 3 formula, step-by-step drain and refill instructions, and how to refill safely in cold weather.
• Closing Your Pool for Winter in South Jersey: Water Level, Timing and What Not to Do
  When to close a South Jersey pool, how low the water should go for solid and mesh covers, why you should never drain it, and how to plan spring refill water.
• How Many Gallons Is My Pool? Easy Formulas and Common Sizes
  Work out how many gallons your pool holds with simple formulas for rectangle, round, oval and kidney pools, plus gallons and truckloads for common sizes.
• Refilling a Pool After a Liner Replacement: Why Fast Water Matters for a New Liner
  Just replaced your in-ground pool liner? Why the refill has to start right away, how installers fill with the vacuum running, and how to time a water truck.
• Pool Water Delivery Access: What the Water Truck Needs to Reach Your Pool
  Getting ready for a pool water delivery? Where the tanker parks, how the hose reaches your pool, gates, wires and soft ground, and how to prep the pool.
• Draining and Refilling a Green Pool: When It Makes Sense and How to Do It Safely
  Green pool won't clear? When to shock vs drain, the groundwater risk to liners and shells, where drained water can go, and how a truck refill gets you swimming fast.
• Filling a Pool With Well Water: Will It Hurt Your Well?
  Thinking of filling your pool from a private well? How to check well yield, how long it takes, the iron staining risk, and when truck delivery makes sense.
• Above-Ground Pool Water Delivery: How to Fill a New or Relined Pool by Truck
  How above-ground pool water delivery works: which pools qualify, how many loads you need, liner prep, fall liner replacements and balancing after the fill.
• Water Truck to Fill a Pool: How Buying Pool Water Works in New Jersey
  How a water truck pool fill works: how many 6,200-gallon loads you need, what happens on delivery day, yard prep and balancing fresh water afterward.