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Variable Frequency Drive System Released by H2flow
H2flow (Sylvania, OH) offers the Eco-Flow-E Aquatic Variable Frequency Drive (VFD) pump for pool/spa applications. …
Little Beaver Offers Attachments for Clean, Easy Horizontal Boring
Little Beaver (Livingston, TX) now offers horizontal boring kits for use with its mechanical earth…
Software from Synchronorm Assists in Fountain Design
Synchronorm (Bremen, Germany) has introduced V:3D, software that conjures photo-realistic images of fountain systems and…
Hayward Pool Products Releases New Salt Chlorination System
Hayward Pool Products (Elizabeth, NJ) has introduced AquaRite 120, a salt-chlorination system designed for addition…
Aqua Vista Glass Offers Frameless Glass Pool Fencing
Aqua Vista Glass (Virginia, Queensland, Australia) manufactures frameless glass pool fencing with a modular design. …
Avoiding ‘Dead Spots’
Just the term “dead spot” sounds bad on its own – and that’s probably a good thing, because it’s definitely something every watershaper should try to avoid. That can be tough these days, given the complex shapes of modern swimming pools and their multiple curves, inlets, grottos, vanishing edges, beach entries, tanning shelves and various other features that complicate the interior contours of the shell. To get the job done, you need to
2013/9.1, September 11 — Amazing Dream Pools, Designing a Beach Entry, Dodging ‘Dead Spots’ and more
September 11, 2013 www.watershapes.com ESSENTIAL Carving in Jade For more than 25 years, architect Nick…
2013/9.1, September 11 — Amazing Dream Pools, Designing a Beach Entry, Dodging ‘Dead Spots’ and more
September 11, 2013 www.watershapes.com ESSENTIAL Carving in Jade For more than 25 years, architect Nick…
Ripples #75
Compiled and written by Lenny Giteck   Diana Nyad Finally Achieves Her Dream to Swim from Cuba to Florida
A Good Win
For weeks now, I’ve been following the news about a prominent San Francisco fountain that, until recently, seemed on the express train to oblivion. It’s a tale of a changing cityscape and the desire of a company known for rigidly controlling its visual image to remake a retail space in a way that suited its corporate design sensibilities.   It’s the story of an artist who recently passed away – one who spent her early years confined in