equipment

Great American Waterfall Co. Unveils Aqua Shower
Great American Waterfall Co. (Spring Hill, FL) manufactures Aqua Shower and Aqua Shower SSR systems…
Pentair Commercial Releases High Efficiency Heater
Pentair Commercial (Sanford, NC) has introduced the ETi 400, a high-efficiency heater that uses a…
Waterway Publishes 2017 Pool/Spa Catalog
Waterway (Oxnard, CA) has released its 2017 Pool & Spa Product Buyer’s Guide, a 340-page,…
Ponds and Ice
Ponds in winter are uniquely charming.  Where they teem with life and activity through the spring, summer and fall, they slow down when the weather gets cold - but never so much so that they lose their ability to surprise and delight. It's the seasonal changes that bring a welcome sense of drama to these settings when the days are cold and short:  Super-clear one morning, snow-covered or crazed with ice the next, in winter these watershapes offer up daily levels of textured, luminous variety that I see as
Pond-Leak Detectives
Where I work in southern California, we're accustomed to seeing changes in water level in our ponds:  The air is dry and the winds blow briskly, so evaporation is invariably a factor.  Before long, it becomes a familiar pattern, and we know that the pond owner or the auto-fill system will be replacing an inch or so of water every week. But sometimes it becomes apparent that
Active Water
When agitated or flowing water moves through the air, it loses carbon dioxide.  That's particularly significant in systems with fountain jets, waterfalls or vanishing edges, observes Kim Skinner, with the loss affecting pH in ways that must be dealt with to avoid big problems.
Pentair Aquatic Eco-Systems Releases 2016 Catalog
Pentair Aquatic Eco-Systems (Apopka, FL) has published its 2016 Master Catalog. With more than 300…
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…
New Viron P300 Variable-Speed Pump from AstralPool
AstralPool (Jacksonville, FL) produces the Viron P300 variable-speed pump. Featuring a housing that offers near-silent…
Hayward Offers 115V Variable-Speed Replacement Pump
Hayward Pool Products (Elizabeth, NJ) has introduced the Super Pump VS 115V, a variable-speed pump…