Pentair Commercial Aquatics (Sanford, NC) has introduced AmerBrite – white LED replacement bulbs that can…
Soil Retention (Carlsbad, CA) produces Verdura, a strong, versatile, plantable retaining wall system. Designed for…
Raypak (Oxnard, CA) manufactures four models of low-NOx gas heaters for residential pools and spas.…
Emperor Aquatics (Pottstown, PA) manufactures the Multi-Cyclone pre-filter for pond applications. A centrifugal solids-separating device,…
Lightcraft Outdoor Environments (Chatsworth, CA) has introduced the Bistro line of string lighting for outdoor…
Roman Fountains (Albuquerque, NM) has released a four-page brochure filled with information on its systems…
Brouhaha over Swimsuit Barbie Spread in Sports Illustrated
Through the past 15 or 20 years, designers of custom swimming pools and spas have focused considerable attention on aesthetics and on making their clients' backyards easy on the eye. In crafting all of those integrated spaces in which nothing is out of place, they start by dismissing project elements that might stir up otherwise calm visual seas. For lots of designers, this has made them reluctant to consider such things as
I don't tend to be an alarmist, but I have to say that the mood about the drought here in California is scarier than anything I've witnessed in a lifetime of water awareness. We've been through these episodes before, of course. More times than I can count, the state has been rescued by late-season rains or heavier-than-estimated snowpacks. But this drought seems different, from one end of California to the other - more severe, more desperate, more polarizing and more caught up in quick reactions than in
