I drained my pool halfway last year due to CYA - chlorine lock. Had used trichlor after my salt generator died and did not like the problems associated with salt. Draining it got the cya down to the top of the range and I've been using cal-hypo since but now I need to worry about hardness. Almost want to go back to salt.
Here in (certain jurisdictions? of) Texas they can fine you for draining a pool into anything but the municipal sewer system. Some pool service companies will just blow that off. But that’s because _they_ are not the ones to get the fine, it’s the homeowner that gets stuck with it. “Sucks to be you” etc.
