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Pool Care Routines · Archive date: · 3 min read

How High Should Pool Water Be on the Skimmer?

The right pool water level is usually within the skimmer’s operating range so surface debris is pulled in without starving the pump or flooding skimming action.

Written for PoolSkimmer on Oct 7, 2026; assigned an earlier archive date, not published on that date.