Swimming Pool Terms That Start with M

Mineral sanitizers are often installed in modern swimming pools, reducing the need for chemical-based sanitizers like chlorine.

Microbes are constantly entering swimming pool water, and is a major reason for necessary sanitation of swimming pool water.

A micron is a unit of length, equal to one twenty five thousandth of an inch (1 / 25,000), and is used often when describing the size of particulates a swimming pool filter system can capture.

Magnesium hardness describes the level of magnesium carbonate levels in swimming pool water.

Magnesium carbonate can form in swimming pool water as water scale, if the total hardness of the water is too high.

Mustard algae is a hearty, tough-to-eradicate form of algae that can appear in swimming pools with low sanitizing ability and that have been contaminated with mustard algae spores.

Muriatic acid, also called hydrochloric acid, is a chemical commonly added to swimming pool to decrease total alkalinity and pH levels in pool water.

Magnesium is a mineral found naturally in swimming pool water, as local water sources usually contain magnesium.