| Pool stain may require an expert solution
Question: We bought our pool home from an out-of-town investor. We have been following the pool company's instructions to maintain water chemistry. The pool is quartz aggregate.
After several months, we noticed white blotchy areas on the pool bottom and sides. The pool company had the interior installer examine the pool. He suggested a large quantity of stain remover and a metal controller along with frequent brushing for a couple weeks. We followed his directions and this did nothing.
His next recommendation was to add 6 gallons of muriatic acid and a quart of Metal Control with the pump running constantly and 1 gallon of acid every four or five days.
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Foe of pipeline finds plot in lost notebook Notes: 'Ignore negative ...
With several witnesses looking on, including one with a digital camera, Southern Nevada Water Authority staff member Andy Belanger removed the rubber band from the padded notebook and carefully removed its contents. One by one, each document, map and handwritten note was run through a photocopier and returned to its place in the notebook. When a page was copied incorrectly, the duplicate was shown to the witnesses so they could see what it was before it was torn in half and thrown away. The process took more than 15 minutes and was executed with the care of election workers or crime scene investigators. Watching from the doorway of the copy room, a water authority official couldn't help but laugh. "It's not often we have a whodunit," he said. .
NATO troops deployed to Kosovo
SERBIAN President Boris Tadic warned of ethnic unrest if Kosovo unilaterally declares independence, as a NATO commander said extra forces were being deployed to the Serbian province. "Unilateral moves will prompt a response. This will not lead us to peace," said Mr Tadic, the day after last gasp talks between Kosovan and Serbian leaders in Austria collapsed ahead of a December 10 deadline. "Such action... would lead us from one impasse to another," he said from Ankara, where he is on a two-day visit. He added: "Serbia does not want war." The commando of NATO-led troops in Kosovo said 90 US soldiers had been deployed to reinforce 2800 peacekeepers already positioned across the Serb-dominated north of the province in case violence broke out.
NORTH TONAWANDA: Something in the air
What's the source of this water?" Manth said. "Where is it coming from and why is there a constant flow? There are a lot of unanswered questions."Osborn's concerns reach beyond the point of her own nose. Her son, Ryan, was diagnosed late last year with Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis, an extremely rare blood disorder which can lead to long-term chronic health problems. The cause of LCH is unknown.Ryan's recent diagnosis and recent odor issues on the street could be completely coincidental, but Osborn wants to know that information for certain."I'm not looking for somebody to blame for his illness, but if this at all has led to it, I believe I'm entitled to the results of the water test," Osborn said.Osborn has dealt with numerous officials on the matter, but so far, has gotten no results. One of these officials is North Tonawanda City Engineer Dale Marshall, who is aware of the problem.Upon inspecting the house, Marshall concluded that the home was built too low in 1956, so the newly-installed sump pump never stops running.
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