Hey pool owners! How much salt do you need for a salt water pool? Your salt levels need to be around 3,200 PPM. That’s less than the amount of salt in human tears and about 1/10 the amount of salt in ocean water. So you won’t notice it. And you’ll only need to add salt once or twice a year. That’s because your salt water generator continuously recycles and reuses the salt as it generates chlorine. The salt doesn’t evaporate but it does get diluted when it rains or if you add fresh water. So if y