{"id":13672,"date":"2026-11-06T03:17:12","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T03:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aiper.com\/blogs\/?page_id=13672"},"modified":"2026-11-12T04:43:22","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T04:43:22","slug":"phosphates","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aiper.com\/blogs\/glossary\/phosphates\/","title":{"rendered":"What Are Phosphates?"},"content":{"rendered":"  <div class=\"aiper-glossary\" lang=\"en-US\" data-result-one=\"{count} term\" data-result-many=\"{count} terms\" data-empty=\"No terms found. Try another name or clear the filters.\">\r\n     <header><p>Pool Water Chemistry<\/p><h1>What Are Phosphates?<\/h1><p>Phosphates are phosphorus-containing compounds that can serve as nutrients for algae in pool water.<\/p><\/header>\r\n   <figure><picture><source media=\"(max-width:600px)\" width=\"600\" height=\"650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aiper.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/plugins\/aiper-core\/glossary\/phosphates.svg?ver=0.5.11\"><img src=\"https:\/\/aiper.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/plugins\/aiper-core\/glossary\/phosphates.svg?ver=0.5.11\" alt=\"Purple symbols represent dissolved phosphate nutrients near a stylized algae cell in water. Nutrient presence alone does not establish algae growth or treatment need.\" width=\"600\" height=\"650\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\"><\/picture><figcaption>Purple symbols represent dissolved phosphate nutrients near a stylized algae cell in water. Nutrient presence alone does not establish algae growth or treatment need.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n   <section><h2>Understanding the Concept<\/h2><p>Phosphates can enter through source water and material carried into the pool. A phosphate reading measures a nutrient, not the amount of living algae.<\/p><\/section><section><h2>Common Misunderstanding<\/h2><p>Phosphate removal does not replace sanitizer, circulation and filtration. A test result alone does not diagnose the cause of cloudy water.<\/p><\/section>   <section><h2>Related terms<\/h2><ul><li><a data-glossary-link=\"related-term\" href=\"https:\/\/aiper.com\/blogs\/glossary\/free-chlorine\/\">Free Chlorine<\/a><\/li><li><a data-glossary-link=\"related-term\" href=\"https:\/\/aiper.com\/blogs\/glossary\/pool-filtration\/\">Pool Filtration<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/section>   <section><h2>Learn more<\/h2><ul><li><a data-glossary-link=\"guide\" href=\"https:\/\/aiper.com\/blogs\/can-you-add-algaecide-and-shock-at-the-same-time\/\">Can You Add Algaecide and Shock at the Same Time?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/section>  <\/div>\r\n  <script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"DefinedTerm\",\"name\":\"Phosphates\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"description\":\"Phosphates are phosphorus-containing compounds that can serve as nutrients for algae in pool water.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aiper.com\\\/blogs\\\/glossary\\\/phosphates\\\/\",\"inDefinedTermSet\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aiper.com\\\/blogs\\\/glossary\\\/#terms\"}<\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":13585,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"aiper_reading_time":1,"aiper_last_reviewed":"","aiper_reviewer":0,"aiper_related_ids":[],"aiper_layout":"tool","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13672","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"lang":"en","translations":{"en":13672,"de":13763,"fr":13814,"es":13864},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aiper.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aiper.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aiper.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aiper.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aiper.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13672"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/aiper.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13672\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13713,"href":"https:\/\/aiper.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13672\/revisions\/13713"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aiper.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aiper.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}