The Ultimate Pool Maintenance Manual: Spas, Pools, Hot Tubs, Rockscapes and Other Water Features, 2nd Edition

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*The secrets of water maintenance trade professionals are revealed in this detail-by-detail guide to keeping pools, spas, and other recreational water containment units in tip-top shape. *Offers inside-out coverage of chlorine alternatives, automation, noise control, pool-side safety, portable spas--and everything from minor maintenance to major fixes and remodeling. *A must for pool maintenance and spa technicians, this book includes environmentally friendly product resources, along with troubleshooting tips and project checklists that make caring for a pool or spa less costly.

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Geek Pool Book.......2007-09-09

We bought a house with an inground pool 5 years ago. A bit of a surprise really. We had ZERO experience with pools, and knew only by rumor that we were buying something that required a LOT of care and maintenance. I hunted through bookstores for a guide I could learn from. I am a technical writer by profession, so I know a thing or two about how to present complex ideas to the innocent. Browsing through this volume I was impressed with the author's skill at getting ideas across (well structure informattion - here's the idea, heres' the basics, here's the gory details). I bought it on the strength of his organization and writing, not on the content (about which I knew zilch).

It is still in regular use 5 years later. YES, it is technical. YES, it sometimes provides way too much information for the novice. But if you have a brain and you can handle some complexity, this book is BRILLIANT. I knew nothing, and in very short order I learned what I needed for basic care. This book is a bible for pool maintenance. Over the years I've learned (from experience guided by this book) how to strip a DE filter, how to repair my Polaris pool robot, and more about water chemistry than I ever thought possible. This past summer ('07) it guided us through a plaster refinishing (pool is ~30 years old) and taught me how to restart the pool.

It IS written by a pool professional, FOR pool professionals, and even has advice on how to run a pool maintenance business (which is of zero interest to me). But if you can learn from a pro talking to other pros, this book is it.

The "Haynes" manual for pools.......2006-11-10

This book is to swimming pools what the "Haynes" car maintenance manuals are to your car. It contains all the information required to maintain your pool, even though probably someone else is going to do it for you. If you own a pool, it is worth reading the book to understand what the service technician should and shouldn't be doing, and when the pool is in need of help. It can also help you save some money by doing the work yourself. The book is entirely about maintaining a pool, not owning one. It is written in a friendly, readable style, and you can simply keep it as a reference manual to know what to do when things go wrong. If you are considering installing a pool or spa, this book will show you what you are letting yourself in for. If there is one omission in the text it is that the author ignores electric pool cleaning robots, though they are probably the most effective way of keeping the pool clean.

Save your Money.......2006-04-24

This book was a wasste of time and money. The book focuses more on being a pool professional then the actual "how-to" a pool owner needs to work on their pool. It has more information on changing a light fixtures and on bilking wealthy Malibu folks out of cash then actual useful information.

After reading this (useless!) book I went to my local library and reearched several books on the subject, there is a title called "What color is your pool?" That has lots of information for the first time pool owner. There may be other more technical guides our there, but this book has few drawings and illustrations, poor writing, and ultimately is lacking in adequate information.

Trust me...SAVE YOUR MONEY!

Helpful Tool.......2005-08-26

This book is a helpful tool for any pool owner or someone interested in having a pool.

NOT the best book to buy........2005-05-15

This is my first Amazon review, but I feel compelled to share this experience with others.

This book as said to be for the professional and the novice. It was said to contain all the information one could possibly need. It was suggested that you could take what you want from the weighty tome, and leave the rest. In reality the book is clearly NOT written for a new pool owner. In fact, its not written for an experience pool owner. The book was written for a pool repairman. Moreover, it does not contain the practicle information a pool professoinal would require to steer clients toward pool products.

Which cleaner should you get- Vacume or pressure driven? No answer here. What about a heating- Solar, oil, gas? No advice, no direction....

In fact, the book reads more like the diary of a pool man. About how one manufacurer was driven out of business by refusing to compromise quality, or how he cared for the pool of come Malibu celebrity.

Having recently purchased a home with an in-ground pool, I have read three books so far, and gotten quite and education. This book however failed in almost every regard. Finnally, the book deliniates ways of making money of customers as a pool professional. Information I simply have no use for.

Lastly, it bears mentioning that there is a quote on the book jacket from another Amazon reviewer "If you want to buy one book on swimming pools this is it!" Why not a quote from a noted pool authority or publication? Why quote some anonymous amzazon.com user like you or me? Most likely because there were no favorable reviews from newspapers or magazines.

This book was more then a waste of 30 dollars. It was also a waste of time. Unless you need to know how to change things like light fixtures in to pool. The book is not awful, so I gave it 2 stars, but I urge you to look elsewhere.

Basic Math Concepts for Water and Wastewater Plant Operators (Mathematics for Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant Operations)

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Basic Math Concepts for Water and Wastewater Plant Operators (Mathematics for Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant Operations)
Joanne K. Price
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FROM THE PREFACE In the years since the first edition, I have continued to consider ways in which the texts could be improved. In this regard, I researched several topics including how people learn (learning styles, etc.), how the brain functions in storing and retrieving information, and the fundamentals of memory systems. Many of the changes incorporated in this second edition are a result of this research. The changes were field-tested during a three-year period in which I taught a water and wastewater mathematics course for Palomar Community College, San Marcos, California. · All the fundamental math concepts and skills needed for daily water/wastewater treatment plant operations. This first volume, "Basic Math Concepts for Water and Wastewater Plant Operators," provides a thorough review of the necessary mathematical concepts and skills encountered in the daily operations of a water and wastewater treatment plant. Each chapter begins with a skills check to allow the student to determine whether or not a review of the topic is needed. Practice problems illustrate the concepts presented in each section.

Basic Science Concepts and Applications (Principles and Practices of Water Supply Operations)

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Basic Mechanical Maintenance Procedures at Water and Wastewater Plants

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This is the first volume in a series of practical "operator-oriented" books written to help ensure the proper operation and maintenance of water and wastewater plants. The guides concentrate on how to perform the actual work required to keep a plant running smoothly. They are not detailed, reference-filled treatment studies. Basic Mechanical Maintenance Procedures at Water and Wastewater Plants is written in a straightforward manner using everyday language. It will show you how to keep systems running smoothly, troubleshoot and solve problems, reduce equipment failure, practice safety, and save money. Each chapter is written in an easy-to-follow, step-by-step format, with extra pages and room for notes so you can customize the book to meet your specific needs. The book includes information on the following: Equipment lockout procedures Lubrication Bearings Shafts and couplings Mechanical power transmission Centrifugal pumps Reciprocating pumps Rotary pumps Valves Pipeline maintenance Maintenance schedules This book is a "must have" for all water and wastewater operations and maintenance personnel.

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Biologists since Darwin have been intrigued and confounded by the complex issues involved in the evolution and ecology of the social behavior of insects. The self-sacrifice of sterile workers in ant colonies has been particularly difficult for evolutionary biologists to explain. In this important new book, Andrew Bourke and Nigel Franks not only present a detailed overview of the current state of scientific knowledge about social evolution in ants, but also show how studies on ants have contributed to an understanding of many fundamental topics in behavioral ecology and evolutionary biology.

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The Chimpanzees Who Would Be Ants: The Evolutionary Epic of Humanity

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Who are we? How did we come to be? What is our fate? These have always been our ultimate questions. Genet provides up-to-date scientific answers. Our nearest relatives, the chimpanzees, provide a biological baseline for pre-civilized humanity, while the highly organized ants - especially those involved in herding and farming - give a point of departure for civilized humanity. How did a few chimpanzees in East Africa become the most widespread large mammal on the planet? Drawing from the latest findings in anthropology, archeology, and history, Genet charts the evolutionary development and sudden rise to dominance of the planet's only primarily cultural species and their machine partners. Our future? Genet details four possibilities: (1) Grossly overextended and still accelerating, we will soon crash head on into the brick wall of planetary finiteness. (2) Although experiencing a few minor adjustments as the planet transits from the genetic to the cultural era, we (or our robotic "mind children") will eventually dominate the galaxy. (3) By limiting our population to only twenty billion, we will continue as biological superstars -- sustainable hogs with a record-breaking, single-species share of the planetary pie. (4) Realizing that ant-like togetherness isn't our thing, we will chimpishly rebel against being mere stepping stones to robots. Should we return to the Garden of Eden, we'll never forget what almost happened to the chimpanzees who would be ants.

Social insects: An entry from Thomson Gale's
<i>Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia</i>

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Gale proudly presents the completely revised and updated version of the acclaimed “Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia” set. Hailed by many as the best reference work on animals ever published, a legacy left to us by famed zoologist and animal lover Bernhard Grzimek, this set is renowned for its scientific reporting and coverage, and serves as a major point of reference for researchers, students, and those hoping to satisfy their curiosity about the animal kingdom. Information can be found on life cycles, predators, food systems, overall ecology and much more. Staying true to the original scientific pedigree, Gale enlisted prominent advisors and contributors from the international scientific community to incorporate recent developments in our knowledge of the animal world.

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