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The Aquatic Quiz #2

The Olsen Twins' Posh New Boutique Includes an Outdoor Swimming Pool

Ripples #92

Compiled and Written by Lenny GiteckMystery Solved: Why Honeybees Are Attracted to Saltwater Swimming Pools

Every year at about this time, I survey my backyard and make certain everything is ready for summer - patio furniture, grill, deck, shade sails, misting system and, probably most important given our usual summer lifestyle, the pool and spa. This year, however, my examination of the watershapes in particular

The Aquatic Quiz #1

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Chlorine -- and More!

Bright Ideas

As becomes clear in watching this series of videos, pond installation involves a bunch of specialized skills, from working with the liner and circulation system to moving large rocks and, as we'll see soon, arranging aquatic plants. But completing the project also involves a range of common job-site skills. As we've seen time and again, for instance, you need to know how to measure, fit and glue pipes, and you also need to

All Lined Up

It is with no small pleasure (and even more relief) that I can announce completion of the digitizing of WaterShapes magazine: Every one of the articles and columns printed in the 131 issues we published between February 1999 and July 2011 are now all available online in .html format. It has indeed been a monumental task - one that started early last

Working with Challenges

Some building sites are just tougher than others - and there are few of them that will complicate the construction process as much as the steep slopes discussed in the video linked below. To be sure, top contractors love these difficult sites: Not only do they give us the opportunity to incorporate nearby and distant views into our design vision, but they also