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THE ESSENTIAL E-NEWSLETTER FOR WATERSHAPE DESIGNERS, ENGINEERS AND BUILDERS
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| February 4, 2015 www.watershapes.com |
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CASE STUDIES
A Sloshing Mystery
More than 25 years ago — back before he became a professional watershaper — Jim Wilder encountered a fountain behavior he couldn’t explain. Since then, he’s figured it out and, in this article, shares his observations on how to work with this fascinating water effect. [more]
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 FEATURE ARTICLE
When you get right down to it, observes Kim Skinner, maintaining a watershape is all about balance — that is, finding a way to keep key factors in the water’s chemistry at proper levels relative to one another. Here, he discusses a system that brings discipline to this juggling act. [more]
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IN MEMORIAM
Remembering Andreas Sofikitis
Sharing his memories of the late Andreas Sofikitis, Skip Phillips conveys sadness at his friend’s untimely passing while offering a portrait of the whole man — an ingenious stone supplier and fabricator, a generous professional colleague and a fun-loving husband and father. [more]
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ESSENTIAL
All the Right Angles
Custom watershape designers and builders William Bennett and Walter Williams have established a reputation for tackling sophisticated projects for upscale clients in the vicinity of our nation’s capital. Their skills are definitely on display here, where they profile one of their most challenging projects — a backyard composition featuring a 220-foot perimeter overflow and a stylish abundance of right-angle turns.
This article, originally published in May 2008, has been digitized for all readers. Click here to see the full text and enlarge the images to study the craftsmanship in detail.
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TRAVELOGUE
Riding a Golden Wave
The theme fountain for Disney’s California Adventure involved immense technical and operational challenges, recalls Dave Wooten. The result in an artificial ocean wave that you really should study the next time you visit the newest theme park in southern California. [more]
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WE BROWSE SO YOU DON’T HAVE TO . . .
Life is Good Dept.: Anita Ekberg’s passing reminds us all of an immortal fountain scene. [more]
She’s probably breaking some law, but who cares?
Silly Sports Dept.: Could these athletes be pursuing the world’s next big thing? [more]
It’s distinctly odd, butunderwater hockey rocks.
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WATERSHAPES CLASSIC
Global Watershaping
In his Currents column of February 2010, Mark Holden focused on the inevitability of a major trend that was then sweeping the watershaping industry. Is this phenomenon still so irresistible today? [more]
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WATERSHAPES WORLD
A Critical Eye
When Jim McCloskey looks at watershapes today, he’s amazed by how far things have come since WaterShapes started in February 1999 — and is particularly grateful that so many watershapers now do something as their projects progress that they seldom did in the past. [more]
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Pentair Offers the BioShield Commercial UV System
Pentair (Sanford, NC) manufactures BioShield, a low-pressure ultraviolet sanitizing system for use on commercial pools. Designed to protect bathers from chlorine-resistant microorganisms such as Giardia and Cryptosporidium, the units provide secondary disinfection while decreasing chemical consumption and improving air and water quality. For details, click here. FX Luminaire Expands Line of LED Wall Lights
FX Luminaire (San Marcos, CA) has released model MO, an LED fixture designed for use as walkway or recessed ceiling lighting in commercial and residential landscapes. Available in four metal and ten powder-coated finishes, the units are powered by one or three LEDs for flexible light output and come with four colored filters and four faceplate options. For details, click here.
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THE AQUATIC QUIZ
New Open-Air Swimming Pool to
Float on European Capital’s River
Many water-related stories have been in the news of late — including reports connected to the three questions below.
1. Residents of one European capital are being asked to fund — to the tune of $15 million — an open-air swimming pool floating in the river that runs through the city. The project is slated to be completed sometime next year. What are the European city and its river?
a. Berlin — River Spree b. Paris — River Seine
c. London – River Thames d. Rome — Tiber River
2. According to huffingtonpost.com, a public swimming pool outside another European capital recently built a third changing room for people with a “neutral gender identity.” It reportedly is the first LGBT-certified swimming pool in the country, which is known for its “tolerance toward lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender people.” The dressing room will also help physically disabled individuals and those who have religious concerns regarding modesty to feel more comfortable changing clothes, the report adds. Outside what city is the pool located?
a. Copenhagen, Denmark b. Stockholm, Sweden
c. Helsinki, Finland d. Oslo, Norway
3. The Web site usatoday.com reports that Park Tae-hwan, South Korea’s only Olympic swimming champion, recently failed a doping test; the banned substance that turned up was testosterone. According to a preliminary investigation, the 25-year-old athlete did not deliberately take the drug. Rather, a hospital injected him with it during a chiropractic treatment, later claiming they didn’t know testosterone was prohibited.
True or false?
To find out how many you got right, click here.“
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