This year when I opened my pool I put new sand in and went about it as usual trying to vacuum and balance my chemicals. My problem is that no matter how much I backwash, it is putting cloudy water back into the pool. When I rinse the water is clear, but it never clears when I backwash it and then shoots cloudy water back in. I have had this pool for over 10 years and never had a problem like this before. HELP!!!
After you backwash you need to rinse or it will do just that
If sand filter is over ten years old as well, it's possible your "fingers" (not the ones on your hand) have cracks and holes in them , allowing sand and dirt to go right thru the filter back to pool , they make fancy tinted sand to test for this , but the lo tech easy way to ck it is add new sand to inlet of filter while catching a sample in a old pair of nylon hose on the discharge if you get sand in your hose "trap" your internal fingers have broken , contact mfg of filter for replacements
Cloudy water is the bane of sand filters!. I suggest letting filter run day and night. Do not backwash until the pressure rises 8 - 10 pounds above clean starting pressure. Do not try to vacuum or stir up the sediment. when water clears, vacuum to waste. Keep the hose running while vacuuming. A dirty filter is a better filter (up to a point). At a higher pressure the filter will trap more of the fine particles that are clouding your water.
COULD BE TOO MUCH CHLORINE.
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