Bucket Test for Leak Determination

1. Fill a bucket about half way with pool water. 

2. Mark water level in bucket. 

3. Leave bucket on top step in pool. 

4. Fill pool to normal operating level. 

5. Mark water level in pool. 

6. Leave pool off for 24 hours. 

7. Compare water loss in pool to water loss in bucket.

8. Fill pool up to normal operating level, if any loss.

9. Mark new water level in pool and bucket. 

10. Run pool for 24 hours. 

11. Compare water loss in pool to water loss in bucket. 

Water loss in bucket is ONLY from evaporation. Water loss  in pool, with pool running or not, should match water loss in bucket. If pool loses more water than the bucket, then  

the pool IS leaking. Normal evaporation is 1-2 inches per week, depending on humidity level.