The Mystery of the Cloudy Lagoon-Part Two

The water was clear again—but the mystery wasn’t solved.

Anyone who has owned a pool or hot tub knows this truth: cloudy water has a way of coming back when you least expect it. One busy weekend. One heavy rain. One skipped cleaning. And suddenly, the haze returns like it was never gone at all.

That’s because the Cloudy Lagoon was never caused by a single problem.

It was a chain reaction.

Invisible guests arrived with every swimmer. Bloomers waited patiently for their next meal. Filters worked overtime. Sanitizers fought harder than they should have. And hidden beneath it all were the conditions that allowed murky water to form again and again.

In the first chapter, we uncovered why pools and hot tubs turn cloudy.
In this next chapter, we follow what happens when a new solution enters the story.

Not a harsher chemical.
Not another temporary fix.
But a smarter approach—one that quietly removes the root causes before they take over.

In this post, we’ll return to the lagoon and meet the Waters Choice Natural Enzyme System. You’ll see how it addresses each contributor to cloudy or murky water, from oils and organics to filtration strain and sanitizer burnout—step by step, problem by problem.

Because once you understand what’s really happening beneath the surface, the mystery disappears.

And clear water stops being a surprise—it becomes the expectation.

1. It Eliminates the Invisible Guests (Oils, Lotions, Organics)

Most cloudy water starts with non-living contaminants:

• Body oils
• Sunscreens and lotions
• Sweat and cosmetics

Chlorine and bromine can kill bacteria, but they don’t remove these wastes efficiently—they oxidize them slowly, creating chloramines and byproducts that dull water clarity.

Waters Choice enzymes do something different:

• They digest oils and organics
• They break large, cloudy-causing molecules into tiny, harmless compounds
• Those compounds are then easily filtered out or oxidized with far less sanitizer

👉 Result: Less cloudiness, less odor, and less sanitizer demand

2. It Starves the Bloomers (Bacteria & Algae Food Source)

Bacteria and algae thrive not just on warmth—but on food.

By removing:

• Oils
• Organic debris
• Nutrient-rich waste

The enzyme system removes what microorganisms need to multiply.

👉 Instead of constantly fighting growth, you prevent it from taking hold.

3. It Relieves the Sanitizer

When sanitizer is overloaded, water turns dull and cloudy.

Because enzymes:

• Pre-break down contaminants
• Reduce oxidation load

Your sanitizer:

• Lasts longer
• Works more efficiently
• Produces fewer combined chlorine compounds

👉 Many users notice lower chlorine/bromine consumption and clearer water with fewer chemical swings.

4. It Helps the Filter Do Its Job

Cloudy water often comes from microscopic particles staying suspended.

When enzymes break down oils:

• Particles stop sticking together
• Filters don’t get coated with greasy films
• Water passes through cleaner filter media

👉 Filters trap debris instead of recycling haze
👉 Filter cleanings become more effective and less frequent

5. It Reduces the Impact of Phosphates (Without Harsh Removal)

While enzymes don’t chemically remove phosphates, they:

• Reduce organic nutrients that work alongside phosphates
• Slow biological growth even when phosphates are present
• Lower the likelihood of blooms fueled by rain, dust, or fill water

👉 This makes phosphate issues easier to manage and often reduces the need for aggressive phosphate removers.

6. It Keeps Water Balanced and Swimmer-Friendly

Because the Waters Choice Natural Enzyme System:

• Is pH neutral
• Adds no metals
• Adds no salts
• Produces no harmful byproducts

It works with your existing water balance instead of disrupting it.

👉 Especially valuable in hot tubs, where high heat magnifies every water problem.

The Big Picture

In the story of cloudy water, most systems focus on killing the villains.

Waters Choice enzymes do something smarter:

They remove the reason the villains show up in the first place.

That’s why enzyme-treated water is often described as:

• Clearer
• Softer
• More stable
• Easier to maintain

The lagoon was clear again—but something had changed.

The enzymes had done their work. Oils were gone. The water felt lighter. The filter hummed instead of struggling. Even the sanitizer seemed calmer, no longer racing to keep up.

By every visible measure, the problem was solved.

And yet…

Beneath the surface, something still lingered.

Not algae.
Not bacteria.
Something quieter. More patient. Something that didn’t cloud the water overnight—but slowly tipped the balance until clarity failed again weeks later.

It didn’t arrive with swimmers.
It didn’t wash off skin.
It fell from the sky, drifted in with dust, and slipped through fill water unnoticed.

A nutrient. A catalyst. A silent accomplice.

The kind of problem most pool owners never see—until it’s too late.

In the next chapter, we uncover the final piece of the mystery…
and the hidden factor that decides whether clear water lasts—or disappears without warning.

To be continued.