Your pool is leaking, not just evaporating

Most pool water loss is just evaporation, but the bucket test tells you the truth in 24 hours.

Grab a bucket, set it on the second or third step, and weigh it down with a rock. Fill it with pool water to the same level as the pool. Mark both water lines. Wait 24 hours. If the bucket dropped more than the pool, you’re fine — that’s evaporation. If the pool lost noticeably more than the bucket, you’ve got a leak.

Once you know you’re leaking,