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Pentair Commercial Offers New Motor for EQ Series Pumps
Pentair Commercial Aquatics (Sanford, NC) now offers a totally enclosed, fan-cooled (TEFC) motor with its…
2015/10.2, October 21 — A Royal Renovation, Gardens Abroad, Edge Design and more
THE ESSENTIAL E-NEWSLETTER FOR WATERSHAPE DESIGNERS, ENGINEERS AND BUILDERS October 21, 2015 www.watershapes.com FEATURE ARTICLE…
The Way-Back Machine
A couple weeks ago in this space, I raised a few questions about public swimming pools and their current tendency toward becoming utterly grand, infinitely varied, impressively expensive mega-facilities.  I also hearkened back to watershaping on the level of the places in which I'd learned to swim - pools where I gained the strength and skill required to
RicoRock Launches Modular Staircases for Waterslides
RicoRock (Orlando, FL) now offers designers and builders a variety of pre-cast rock options for…
Flexible Hardscape Basins from Atlantic Water Gardens
Atlantic Water Gardens (Mantua, OH) has launched a line of flexible hardscape basins. Designed for…
S.R. Smith Makes Swim N’ Dunk Basketball Hoops
S.R. Smith (Canby, OR) offers Swim N’ Dunk Basketball Games in single and dual-post designs.…
The Necessity of Restraint
'Everywhere you turn these days,' wrote David Tisherman to start his Details column in August 2005, 'you see watershapers tackling projects that would have been unthinkable even a few years ago.'   'With this broadening list of possibilities, however, . . . [t]he industry's like a teenager with a fresh driver's license:  just because he or she knows how doesn't necessarily mean that
EasyPro Pond Products Offers ‘Serenity’ Pond Dye
EasyPro Pond Products (Grant, MI) has added Serenity as a new color in its line…
Passion and Practicality
'If you ask my employees,' wrote Bruce Zaretsky in starting his July 2010 On the Level column, 'they'll tell you that I'm an unrelenting pain in the neck - a real tyrant.  That's because I'm always asking nagging sorts of questions such as, "Why isn't this project finished yet?" or "How much longer is this going to take?" or "Can you speed things up?" 'My questions, of course, are somewhat unfair.  . . .  But I have no reluctance to come across as a tyrant
Lightcraft Publishes 2015 Landscape Lighting Catalog
Lightcraft Outdoor Environments (Chatsworth, CA) has released its 2015 product catalog. The document covers directional…