equipment

Nature’s Blueprint
  For years, John Cohen has dedicated himself to meeting the needs of clients averse to using traditional sanitizers.  As he reports in the first in a series of articles, his quest began with a narrow-minded 'expert' and has since pulled him toward a biologically inspired set of solutions.  
Making a River Flow
  For more than 50 years, our company has focused on designing and building swimming pools for municipalities, universities, health clubs, state parks, swim clubs, subdivisions, apartments and hospitals - with some residential projects added in for good measure. We're good at what we do, and if we've learned anything through the years, it's that we're successful because we approach each and every project as being
Rock-Bottom Value
There was a time when lots of ponds were set up without gravel, notes Ed Beaulieu.  But as he discusses here, there are so many advantages to lining their interiors with rocks of various sizes that it's time to push that old practice out of the pond-making picture, once and for all.  
Another Look
Before I walk away from my little series of blogs on big transitions, I want to call attention to renovations, which I consider to be both a generational phenomenon as well as the greatest potential source of projects and market growth through the next
Fountain Supply Co. Offers Water-Level Controller
Fountain Supply Co. (Santa Clarita, CA) makes an electronic water-level controller for fountains and other…
Pond-Algae Strategies
Although a little algae in a pond is generally a good and inevitable thing, observes Mike Gannon, a bloom of any noticeable extent is never truly welcome.  That's why he has sized up and is ready  to recommend a number of ways to help keep the intrusive greenery at bay.      
2017/6.1, June 7 — Longwood Updated, A Troubled Pond, Artificial Grass and more
THE ESSENTIAL E-NEWSLETTER FOR WATERSHAPE DESIGNERS, ENGINEERS AND BUILDERS June 7, 2017 www.watershapes.com FEATURE ARTICLE…
Safety Always
Swimming continues to grow as a preferred method of exercise and physical therapy for people of all ages, with commercial aquatic facilities seeing healthy increases in patronage year after year.  And whether it's water aerobics, resistance training, water walking or aquatic yoga, there's now much more to this popularity than traditional swim lessons for newcomers and laps or competitions for those with developed swimming skills. With this popularity comes
Living, Breathing Ponds
One of the least heralded factors in pond health is also among the most significant:  It's all about oxygen, writes Ed Beaulieu, who reviews the basics while offering some suggestions on how to keep it's level up where it needs to be to make both fish and plants happy.  
2017/5.2, May 17 — Ponds and Oxygen, Thinking Safety, Classic Yosemite and more
THE ESSENTIAL E-NEWSLETTER FOR WATERSHAPE DESIGNERS, ENGINEERS AND BUILDERS May 17, 2017 www.watershapes.com FEATURE ARTICLE…