Pool chemistry logging and notification

Purpose

1. Automate pool chemistry logging to ensure real-time, accurate water quality tracking, regulatory compliance, reduce manual errors, and enable swift corrective actions in aquatics centres.

2. Automates daily monitoring, records test results, and sends notifications, maintaining facility safety and evidencing proactive risk management.

3. Automating ensures consistency, enhances transparency, streamlines reporting, and supports operational audits for sports & fitness centres.

Trigger Conditions

1. Manual pool test data entry via form or mobile device.

2. Scheduled time-based triggers (e.g., daily at 7am, 3pm, 9pm).

3. Automated extraction from IoT sensors reporting on pH, chlorine, turbidity.

4. Control threshold breach (e.g., chemical imbalance detected).

5. New regulatory compliance schedule update.

Platform Variants

1. Microsoft Power Automate

• Feature/Setting: Schedule flow; automate Excel/SharePoint form submission, send Teams notifications.
  
• Sample: Scheduled flow, Teams adaptive card notification if pH or chlorine out of bounds.
  

2. Zapier

• Feature/Setting: Zap to automate Google Sheets entry, email/SMS alert via Twilio.
  
• Sample: Trigger on Google Form submission, action - Gmail message to facility manager.
  

3. Make (formerly Integromat)

• Feature/Setting: Scheduled scenario, HTTP IoT integration, automatic Slack or Discord notification.
  
• Sample: IoT report webhook triggers Discord alert if levels are abnormal.
  

4. Twilio

• Feature/Setting: SMS notification automation via Messaging API.
  
• Sample: Automated SMS to supervisor if pool chemistry threshold is exceeded.
  

5. Slack

• Feature/Setting: Incoming Webhooks for real-time pool updates automated to operations channel.
  
• Sample: pH value entry triggers webhook; bot posts summary to #facility-ops.
  

6. Google Sheets

• Feature/Setting: Automation with Apps Script to log changes, trigger notifications.
  
• Sample: Script detects “unsafe” entry, uses Gmail API to automatedly notify staff.
  

7. SendGrid

• Feature/Setting: API-driven automated email alert on data entry or breach.
  
• Sample: Automatedly send templated compliance email on abnormal readings.
  

8. AWS Lambda

• Feature/Setting: Custom function to process IoT input, triggers SNS/SES notification.
  
• Sample: pH out of range? Lambda automator updates DynamoDB and alerts via SES email.
  

9. Google Cloud Functions

• Feature/Setting: Processes incoming HTTP sensor data, automates notification logic.
  
• Sample: Sensor webhook POST; function emails result if levels automatable range breached.
  

10. Notion

• Feature/Setting: Automated Zapier sync to page/database; comment mention automation.
  
• Sample: New reading adds database entry, automates @mention to facility operator if follow-up needed.
  

11. Airtable

• Feature/Setting: Automate logging via Forms, send notifications with Automations.
  
• Sample: If chlorine < safe minimum, Automation sends email to Operations.
  

12. PagerDuty

• Feature/Setting: Event API to trigger automated incident for rapid response.
  
• Sample: Pool chemistry alert via webhook, creating incident and paging operations.
  

13. ServiceNow

• Feature/Setting: Flow Designer to automate log entry and open incident ticket.
  
• Sample: Unsafe readings open ticket, automates notification to maintenance.
  

14. Salesforce

• Feature/Setting: Process Builder automates logging to case record, triggers notification.
  
• Sample: IoT data updates field, workflow emails compliance officer.
  

15. Monday.com

• Feature/Setting: Automation recipes automate item creation, email/SMS/Slack alert.
  
• Sample: Unsafe test auto-creates board item for corrective action.
  

16. IFTTT

• Feature/Setting: Applet to automate SMS/email on trigger from Google Sheets or web service.
  
• Sample: Chemistry entry outside normal range automatedly triggers applet, SMS to manager.
  

17. Cisco Webex

• Feature/Setting: Bot automation posts alerts to space; integrations for workflow.
  
• Sample: IoT event triggers bot to post automatable summary and @mentions staff.
  

18. Jira

• Feature/Setting: Automation rules to log incident or create ticket on issue detected.
  
• Sample: API webhook event creates ticket, automatedly notifies Facilities queue.
  

19. Trello

• Feature/Setting: Butler automations automate card creation or comment on chemical log triggers.
  
• Sample: When lab form fails, automate Trello card to alert maintenance.
  

20. HubSpot

• Feature/Setting: Workflow automation for email/SMS follow-up to logged entries.
  
• Sample: Unsafe pool chemistry entry logs timeline event, automates automated notification.
  

Benefits

1. Automated logging and notification reduce human error, improving operational safety.

2. Automating compliance logs simplifies audits/inspection preparation.

3. Automated alerts enable faster response, minimizing downtime and health risks.

4. Centralized automation enables easier longitudinal data review and reporting.

5. Automates staff accountability with audit trails and evidence of proactive action.

6. Automation modernizes facility management, boosting client and regulator confidence.