We’re pleased to present the premier installment of our new blog, WaterShapes World. One of its primary goals — in the blogging words of WaterShapes publisher Jim McCloskey — ‘is to make each issue of the magazine more interesting and pertinent to you. As we’ve always done, we’ll also shake things up from time to time (if only to keep you guessing) or give you occasional previews of what’s coming in future issues and help you understand what the people behind the magazine are thinking.‘ [more]
FEATURE ARTICLE
Pond Filtration: The Basics
Dave Kelly begins his primer on pond filtration with this basic question: ‘Want to know why creating healthy, low-maintenance ecosystems is so important to contractors who install naturalistic watershapes?’ And his answer? ‘It’s because the last thing any of us needs during the busy season is a phone call complaining about murky pond water!’ [more]
WHY DID ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER SURROUND HIS SWIMMING POOL WITH COMMUNIST STATUES? [more]
INTERVIEW
NSPF’s Dr. Tom Lachocki
Dr. Tom Lachocki, CEO of the National Swimming Pool Foundation, talks about his organization’s support for research on the health benefits of swimming — and about efforts to eliminate drownings, diving accidents and suction-entrapment incidents. How well does Dr. Lachocki think the watershaping industry is doing at spreading the word on both fronts? [more]
BOOK NOTES
Modern Landscapes for Living
In his review of Garret Eckbo: Modern Landscapes for Living by Marc Treib and Dorothy Imbert, WaterShapes’Mike Farley observes that, ‘Eckbo was responsible for some of the grandest public spaces in the United States. He was…an innovator in residential garden and pool design who put his stamp on just about every basic pool form we use today.’ [more]
TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE
Making the First Big Indoor Splash
Where and when was the first modern indoor waterpark built?
1. Phoenix, Arizona, in 1984 2. Edmonton, Canada, in 1985 3. Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, in 1986 4. Tokyo, Japan, in 1987
