Jim

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Overbearing Rockwork
It happens more often than it should:  Even in times when trade shows and educational enterprises such as Genesis 3 all stress the importance of knowing the basic forces at work within and around pool shells, I am all too often called in to investigate cases in which a builder has made a large and careless mistake that can have disastrous consequences. The point these contractors are overlooking is that the bond beams of many (if not most) pool shells are engineered in such a way that
2015/1.2, January 21 — Laminar Illusion, Cracked Shells, Frog’s Delight and more
THE ESSENTIAL E-NEWSLETTER FOR WATERSHAPE DESIGNERS, ENGINEERS AND BUILDERS January 21, 2015 www.watershapes.com LESSONS LEARNED…
Swimming in It
It's not the kind of story you want to see in your newspaper or stumble upon while surfing the web:  According to researchers at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind., the waters of a sampling of well-used swimming pools in Indiana and Georgia were tested and found to contain a whole list of chemicals you might not want to
Haddonstone Offers Athenian Wall Fountains
Haddonstone (Mount Laurel, NJ) manufactures the Athenian Wall Fountain. Part of the Athenian Collection of…
Aquascape Introduces Automatic Dosing System
Aquascape (St. Charles, IL) now offers the Automatic Dosing System for ponds, fountains, and pondless…
FX Luminaire Expands Line of LED Wall Lights
FX Luminaire (San Marcos, CA) has released model MO, an LED fixture designed for use…
S.R. Smith Offers Information on Rails and Ladders
S.R. Smith (Canby, OR) has published literature on its line of rails and ladders for…
Pentair Offers the BioShield Commercial UV System
Pentair (Sanford, NC) manufactures BioShield, a low-pressure ultraviolet sanitizing system for use on commercial pools.…
Hayward Adds Aquanauts to Its Automatic Cleaner Line
Hayward (Elizabeth, NJ) has introduced Aquanaut, a suction-drive turbine cleaner pre-programmed with steering sequences to…
Pumped-Up Savings
Through the years, professional watershapers have learned that good hydraulic design can significantly increase system efficiency while lowering the ongoing costs of operation.  Now they're also recognizing that achieving these efficiencies and finding these savings are perceived as "going green" - a key to helping