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AutoPilot offers Pool Pilot Total Control System
AutoPilot (St. Petersburg, FL) offers the Pool Pilot Total Control System as an accurate, reliable…
Bobé Water & Fire Features Offer Rain Fall Systems
Bobé Water & Fire Features (Phoenix, AZ) manufactures Rain Fall, a waterfeature that captures the…
Trust in Balance
No matter where you turn these days, you'll find watershaping experts preaching the gospel of balanced hydraulics.  In class after class, text after text, they all say that if you do exactly the same thing on one side of a tee as you do on the other, you will get the same flow on both side of that tee. If, for example, two main drains are connected to a single tee with pipes of the same length and diameter and the same fittings, those drains will both draw equal amounts of
2015/4.1, April 8 — Cascade Mastery, Hydraulic Balance, Digital Pioneering and more
THE ESSENTIAL E-NEWSLETTER FOR WATERSHAPE DESIGNERS, ENGINEERS AND BUILDERS March 18, 2015 www.watershapes.com DIGITAL DESIGN…
Water on the Move
In my work as a construction-defect expert witness, I see a certain problem in the design and construction of spillways all too frequently:  When the system is initiated, the flow of water down the face of the dam wall will behave more or less as desired, holding to a narrow path into the pool or trough that awaits it.  After a time, however, that water will begin to migrate, spreading out farther and farther beyond the desired pathway until the material - usually some sort of
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…
2013/8.1, August 7 — Jade Mountain’s Amazing Pools, a Video Guide to Pondcraft, Chinese Gardens and more
                                    August 7, 2013      …
2013/7.1, July 10 — A Hilltop Masterpiece, Avoiding Design Mistakes, Going Pondless and more
                             July 10, 2013        …