For years I have wondered why there is no test for pool volume so I thought "maybe" there is and I just haven't found it so I am posing the question here for the experts.
I "think" my pool's volume is 29,000 gallons but more often than not the quantities of chemicals I add don't raise the levels as I would expect so I have begun to wonder again. Our pool is probably well over 75 years old. It had a one meter diving board which we removed and consequently is very deep - like 10 feet - at the peak of the upside down pyramid deep end, I think it is called a hopper style. I divided it into the pyramid and rectangular shapes but obviously had to estimate angles and some dimensions so I might be off. It seems to me adding a known quantity of some inert chemical that would not hurt anything if left in the water and then measuring the diluted concentration it achieved in the pool could tell you the pool's volume precisely. Of course it would only work one time unless the pool were completely drained but that is all anyone needs. Any suggestions?
I "think" my pool's volume is 29,000 gallons but more often than not the quantities of chemicals I add don't raise the levels as I would expect so I have begun to wonder again. Our pool is probably well over 75 years old. It had a one meter diving board which we removed and consequently is very deep - like 10 feet - at the peak of the upside down pyramid deep end, I think it is called a hopper style. I divided it into the pyramid and rectangular shapes but obviously had to estimate angles and some dimensions so I might be off. It seems to me adding a known quantity of some inert chemical that would not hurt anything if left in the water and then measuring the diluted concentration it achieved in the pool could tell you the pool's volume precisely. Of course it would only work one time unless the pool were completely drained but that is all anyone needs. Any suggestions?