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Magic Plastics has introduced a newly redesigned version of its popular MagicVac pool and spa vacuum, now shipping in packaging just 38 inches long. The shorter carton means more units per pallet and shipment, reducing freight costs and saving warehouse space for dealers, distributors, and resellers without compromising performance. Operation is simple. Users cover the ergonomic air hole with a thumb, submerge the vacuum near the debris, and release. Water and debris rush into the clear, UV-stabilized chamber, and the built-in removable filter traps virtually all of it, including sand, pebbles, and even small rocks.
Learn more here.
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JED Pool Tool offers a new Pro 14-inch Pool Vacuum with a swivel-plastic handle for cleaning both residential and commercial swimming pools. This vac head is heavy-weight and designed to make it easy to clean corners and steps. Made to handle the cleaning of any size swimming pool with durable construction. The easily maneuverable vacuum head has 360-degree swivel connector that ends aggravating hose tangling. Adapted for both 1-1/2-inch and 1-1/4-inch hose sizes. ...
Watershape University expands Grant’s Grants to recognize the brave professionals who serve their communities and run toward danger when others are running away.
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Just a few streets from the Texas Gulf Coast, the city of Seabrook’s Pelican Bay aquatic complex presented a rare combination of engineering, regulatory and community challenges. Rebuilding the aging facility meant managing groundwater and storm-surge concerns while rethinking how the pools serve residents. The result is a $4.5 million transformation designed to withstand the coastal conditions and better serve the community.
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Few inventions have had a greater impact on civilization, or received less dinner-table discussion, than the toilet. From ancient drainage systems to gleaming smart fixtures, its history is a remarkable story of engineering, hygiene, water management and design. Along the way, toilets have helped reshape cities, conserve water and, quite literally, keep civilization from going down the drain.
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A narrow side yard can easily become an overlooked space, but thoughtful watershape design can transform it into something extraordinary. In this work prosaically titled, “Side Hustle,” The Green Scene turned a challenging passageway into an intimate retreat, combining sculptural water, illuminated crystal spheres, shimmering tile, and soothing sound to create an award-winning outdoor experience.
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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, is an all-encompassing water treatment challenge, one that begins by understanding the opportunistic nature of these organisms and the constant nature of their threat to water quality, from pools to ponds to the world’s largest lakes.
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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, winterizing 300-plus pools is a long, carefully choreographed process, one that defines the annual ebb and flow. As she explains here, the process begins long before the first pool is closed and ends with the first successful openings of spring.
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In the pool renovation business, builders face a persistent challenge: how do you deliver long-term performance in an industry that has historically been built around short-term surface solutions? According to Aaron King, common problems such as cracking, staining, and delamination are no longer inevitable, but are now entirely avoidable.
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