Certified Pool Operator Exam| Question & Answer| Latest Update ()

Certified Pool Operator Exam| Question & Answer| Latest Update () 1. You operate a 120,000-gallon pool, and upon performing your hourly chemical tests you observe the following readings: Total Available Chlorine reading is 1.6 free available chlorine reading is 1.5 pH is 7.4 Your supervising lifeguard has just informed you that you have had a fecal incident occur; a solid stool has been discharged into the pool. According to the Centers for Disease Control, as the CPO, you should do the following: - CORRECT ANSWER-clear the pool and raise the free chlorine to 2 ppm 2. Assuming that your local health department requires you to raise the free chlorine to 5 ppm, how much sodium hypochlorite would be needed to raise the free chlorine in the pool in question #1 to that level? - CORRECT ANSWER-3.5 gallons