Blue-Green Algae: A Persistent Problem

  It’s one of the oldest existing lifeforms on the planet—blue-green algae. Treating bodies of water affected by “harmful algae blooms” or HABs, ...

The Cognitive Current

  Recent research from Australia strongly suggests that swimming is not only great for child safety and fitness, but it also offers powerful cognitive benefits in key ...

The Long Winter’s Nap

  There’s a seasonal rhythm to pool service in the Northeast, an annual awakening and slumber that defines the business. For Long Island’s Julie Kazdin, ...

The Model Aquatic Health Code (Part II): Future Foundations

The MAHC covers a spectrum of critical issues for aquatic facilities, including design, lifeguarding, and facility operation. Here in Part II of our look into the code’s fine ...

A World-Class Natatorium for the Next Generation

At Danville Community High School in Danville, Ind., the school's aquatic program had long operated under constraints that were becoming impossible to ignore. The existing ...

Complex Simplicity

Watershaping mastery reveals itself in many different guises, from the ultra-elaborate and complex to the relatively simple and sublime. The Santa Monica project by Kevin Cobabe ...

Living Clouds

New research reveals that fog is far more than suspended water droplets. It is a temporary aquatic world filled with microbial life that may help cleanse the atmosphere, influence ...

Using Ozone to Reduce Chlorine Demand 

Achieving superior water quality is a consuming professional passion for David Rockwell. While there are numerous ways to reach that goal, he has landed on an approach that uses ...

AI Drives Show-Fountain Experiences

Artificial Intelligence (AI-driven displays are drawing thousands of visitors each week to venues with show fountains, reports J. Wickham “Wick” Zimmerman of Outside ...

Automatic Pool Covers Makes Invis-A-Rope

Automatic Pool Covers, Inc. has introduced Invis-A-Rope, designed to blend seamlessly into the pool track for a nearly invisible finish. Its dark gray color is intentionally ...

CCEI Innovates Variable-Speed Control

CCEI is pleased to introduce the new Antea VS, a new innovation that allows management of variable-speed pumps by seamlessly integrating them into CCEI Vigipool ...

RENOLIT: Colorful Slip-Resistant Decking

RENOLIT makes RENOLIT SOLID, a reinforced PVC membrane engineered to renovate and waterproof decks at residential and commercial aquatic facilities—from community pools to ...