New Challenges Facing Pool Owners and Swimming Pool Service.

Rick Tichenor • July 19, 2021

Shortages in Pool Chemicals Creating Challenges

We know that many of our clients are struggling to get their pools repaired and working properly. The 100-year ice storm in February, a shortage in drivers to deliver product, supply chain shortages in plastics to produce buckets and containers for chlorine and Hurricane Laura in August 2020, that caused a fire that destroyed one of the nation’s largest makers of the chlorine tablets, BioLab, in the Lake Charles, Louisiana, have created a shortage of pool chemicals including Chlorine, Muriatic Acid and stabilizer.

Keeping your pool clean and inviting this summer could become more challenging than ever, as these market forces have converged to reduce chlorine supplies and drive up prices.

The team at Red-E-2-Swim, thought that liquid chlorine was going to be available, but have found out that pool companies are on a restricted allocation now, as manufacturers are saving the product for municipalities’ water treatments and services.

We are working diligently to have enough product to service your pools. We are getting in line at 7 o’clock each morning to secure a limited amount of powdered chlorine and acid. We do not know how long the strategy is going to last.

In an effort to work together with you, and ensure that everyone has a clean, safe, inviting pool to swim in this summer, we offer the following recommendations:

  • Keep the debris out of your pool by emptying the skimmer baskets daily
  • While this shortage persists, we are asking you to purchase a pool RX for your size pool as a preventative measure. Pool Rx has been an effective tool to eliminate algae growth.
  • If you are able to get any chlorine products at Costco, Sam’s Club, Walmart, Amazon or any other places that sell Chlorine, we suggest that you do so, as a contingency in the event that we are unable to secure product.

Please know that we will continue to work diligently to secure product to maintain the high level of service that you’ve grown to expect. We realize that this may seem unorthodoxed, but we pride ourselves on our integrity and feel that given the unforeseen severity of the chemical shortage, we’d rather remain transparent and focus on keeping your pool Red-E-2-Swim!

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