If you have been in the path of a hurricane and have a swimming pool your pool water probably became green or yellow after the storm passed. Or, possibly your swimming pool water just became dirty from ground water rising and spilling into your pool, if that is your problem all you will have to do is run your filter steady for three days back-washing or cleaning your filter as needed. Also the addition of a clarifier would help your swimming pool filter remove the fine silt that usually washes into a pool during a hurricane.
While the filter is running periodically check the chemicals to keep everything in balance so the shock and sanitizers can do their jobs correctly.
I had my swimming pool turn green/brown after a hurricane passed through and found out that my swimming pool was flooded by water and dirt from a nearby garden as it washed over because my pool deck and into the pool. I have since fixed a lot of the drainage problems so water doesn't run into the pool during a heavy rain as much but that doesn't stop contaminants going into the pool from the rain itself.
After three days of filtering the swimming pool water and keeping the PH and chlorine in check the swimming pool water returned to normal.
I am using a Triton Sand Filter so I had to backwash the filter four times to clean up the water. I also used HTH 4-in-1 granules to clear up the water.
Make sure you brush the sides and bottom of your pool as the water starts to clear up while the filter is running so it can take away any silt that had been resting on the walls or bottom of the pool.
Pool After Hurricane
Pool After Two Days Of Running Filter
