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Is the water balanced, scaling or corrosive?

The Langelier Saturation Index from your readings. Between -0.3 and +0.3 is balanced. Below that the water eats plaster and metal; above it leaves scale.

Part of the alkalinity reading is cyanurate, which does not count.

Use 1,000 if you do not test it. Saltwater pools are usually 3,000 to 5,000.

Standard pool-industry method: pH + temperature factor + calcium factor + carbonate alkalinity factor − TDS factor, with the alkalinity corrected for cyanuric acid at the measured pH. A guide for a person reading it, not a dose instruction. Retest after any adjustment.

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