Mission Pool Cleaning Service

Mission shares the Abbotsford Mission joint water system. Its 2025 Annual Water Quality Report shows very soft surface water from Norrish Creek and Cannell Lake (about 4 to 7 mg/L) alongside aquifer wells at roughly 72 to 153 mg/L. Well water makes up about 30 percent of supply in summer and under 10 percent in winter, so tap hardness is softest in winter and harder in summer. The small Ruskin Townsite system draws from Hayward Lake and publishes no hardness figure.

Mission Sewer Bylaw 5033-2009, section 17, requires every pool with a pump system on a lot served by sanitary sewer to discharge its backwash pump into the sanitary sewer. No other Mission rule on draining full pool volumes was found, so confirm with the City before emptying a pool.

A Lower Mainland pool company that names Mission in its service area recommends closing late September to mid October, once the water stays below about 15°C. It warns that closing too late risks freeze damage to plumbing and equipment. A closing visit cleans the pool and winterizes lines and equipment.

Most pools in regular use are serviced weekly through the swimming season, because skimming, brushing and chemical balance all drift within days rather than weeks. Pools that are used less, or that are covered for part of the year, are often fine on a visit every other week. The right interval depends on how much the pool is used, how much tree cover sits above it and the local climate, so it is worth asking for a recommendation for your own pool.

A standard visit covers the water, the surfaces and the equipment: skimming debris from the surface, brushing walls and steps, vacuuming the floor, emptying skimmer and pump baskets, checking the filter and testing and balancing the water chemistry. Doing all of it on one visit matters because these jobs undo each other if they are done separately.