Riptide Alchemy

01/11/2021

Coming soon--a total end of Riptide Alchemy. But fear not, a new website is on its way with free advice about your pool or spa. Plus a few very hard to find pool and spa parts -- a bonus for DIY folks who wish to keep aging equipment running. Free shipping on all parts.

04/06/2015

Water saving tip for your hot tub. Make sure that your spa/hot tub has a well-fitting cover. An ill-fitted cover, like the one pictured here, can cost your spa a loss of gallons of water per week.

03/26/2014

West Virginia's drinking water crisis earlier this year highlighted an unsettling truth about tap water: Treatment plants test for only a fraction of the chemicals in use.

01/23/2014

According to a recent article in our local paper, the community of Cambria may be asked to reduce its water usage to about 1,500 gallons of water per month. Concerned about your incoming drinking water? Concerned about how to keep you hot tub water in good shape so as not to change it out? Call for free advice. There are ways to make serious changes in your home water usage.

11/22/2013

Toxin poses a nasty threat to Ann Arbor drinking water.

ANN ARBOR: Dioxane plume poses threat to city's water supply - Scio Township resident Roger Rayle is beginning his 21st year as a citizen volunteer watching over the issue of the expanding Pall-Gelman 1,4-dioxane plume.

05/21/2013

I hate to ruin your day, but this is why I NEVER swim in public pools. If you must, I fully recommend carrying some strips that measure a public pool's chlorine level.

http://www.youtube.com/CompleteNews Complete News Plz Subscrib for Latest News Health officials say they found f***l bacteria in more than half of the water ...

04/23/2013

The Love Canal environmental disaster is legendary. But have we learned anything about toxic wastes and our drinking water yet? This 1st of 3 news reports is an eye-opener, for sure.

First of a three-part seriesThirty-five years after underground toxics turned the Niagara Falls neighborhood of Love Canal into a ghost town, researchers are warning that Western New York is still home to nearly 800 hazardous waste sites that could someday lead to big trouble, not only for... - The…

03/22/2013

Nature's way to sanitize your swimming pool without salt, chlorine or bromine.

01/21/2013

Have you ever measured your water footprint?

One of our goals is to help you reduce that footprint with our in-home whole house water conditioner, and our pool and hot tub water saving devices and techniques. Did you know that we do not drain and refill our hot tub but 2x (and sometimes just 1x) a year? We use ozone mixed with the water from our water conditioning system.

Learn more about Water Footprints and its role in revealing all the water "hidden" in what you buy and use everyday.

12/31/2012

We are in the business of using water in the most conservative manner. We pledge to improve our product and methods for additional water savings in your home, pool or spa. Pools can save water usage and provide excellent benefits to one's well-being. But pools must be properly maintained. HAPPY 2013 Friends of Riptide Alchemy. Here's a great water saving idea website:

It’s the time of year for your home to be filled with friends and family – and the holiday parties begin. You may not realize that all those big holiday meals and parties can use a lot more water than normal. Just think, every minute your tap is running you can use more than two gallons of water!

12/11/2012

Water is precious, so if you have a hot tub the question is: When should I drain my hot tub?

First, while spa companies recommend quarterly drains, there's some misinformation in that answer.

Barring no real problems with green water or some other nasty water issue, the only parameter to drain a hot tub is Total Dissolved Solids (TDS). End of story.

Think of your hot tub like a giant tea pot. When you use the hot tub and distill the water the TDS raises incrementally. When TDS reaches 1500 ppm that's when it's time to drain the hot tub.

Why? High TDS lessens the effect of your chemicals. And when minerals fall out of solution your spa’s innards will look like the inside of your teapot. It’s okay for the teapot, but not for motors, pumps, heaters and plumbing. Think expensive repair bills.

High TDS symptoms: You can’t keep your chemicals in solution, no matter how much you add, your spa has no water quality, bad smells, etc.

You can purchase a TDS meter usually for under $25.

12/04/2012

A FREE service for "friends" of Riptide Alchemy, LLC: Email or post your question about your water issues, be they your hot tub, pool, or drinking water. and we'll provide FREE advice. FREE.