Chemical Orders
Pool chemical orders are tracked on this page. Do not post costs here as they may be considered proprietary to the supplier (not public).
Summary
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Order | Order | Order | Order | Order | Inventory | Order | Inventory | Usage | Order | |
| AccuTab Calcium Chloride (55 lb) |
50 | 40 | 63 | 72 | 30 | 5 | 60 | 10 | 55 | 55 |
| Muriatic Acid (1 gal) |
108 | 212 | 132 | 160 | 120 | 130 | 30 | 15 | 145 | 152 |
| Calcium Chloride (50 lb) |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Sodium Bicarbonate (50 lb) |
2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 8 |
| Stabilizer (25 lb) |
5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Key:
- The Order column contains the total number of units ordered for the entire season. If subsequent orders or made (beyond the pre-season order), this should be noted in the notes, below.
- The Inventory column contains the total number of units on-hand at the end of the season.
- The Usage column contains the number of units used during the season (prior inventory plus the order minus usage).
A "unit" refers to the package quantity (i.e. 50 lb, 1 gal, etc.).
Notes
Pre 2021
Chemical orders were not well tracked. Early season discounts not fully utilized due to repeat orders (sometimes up to 5 orders in a season, also resulting in added delivery charges).
2021
The chemical order was based upon 2016 through 2019 averages. The end result was a planned excess of some chlorine and acid. No additional orders for chlorine and acid were made, so the pre-season discounts were fully utilized.
However, excess purchase of sodium bicarbonate was necessary to keep the pool alkalinity in range (compared to data from 2016-2019). The amount of stabilizer in the pool was also regularly low.
2022
For 2022, there is no need to purchase calcium chloride.