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Aquamasters USA (Cockeysville, Md.) offers the Flowmaster 3-inch Commercial Drain System, a removable-top, deck drain…
Managing waste water in the form of run-off and especially filter-backwash effluent can be surprisingly problematic, observes Dave Peterson, especially when the issue is left to an afterthought. In this detail, he offers an elegant waste-water solution in the form of a simple backwash pit.
Hydropavers (Pickering, Ontario, Canada) manufactures a permeable paving system that transforms deck areas into storm…
As a professional, I've always seen myself as something of a calming influence - basically as an instructor who offers reassuring guidance. I teach my staff, I teach my clients and their families and, through all of the videos I've made, I also like to think I help other pond professionals by giving them tools they can use to
'For years,' wrote Bruce Zaretsky to open his On the Level column in the January 2011 edition, WaterShapes 'has celebrated the beauty, majesty and positive potential of water in the landscape. We've seen it flowing down waterfalls, over vanishing edges, across slopes and through the air. We've seen what happens to colors immersed in it, how it creates shimmering light patterns, how it works its way over stone and, perhaps most important, the
'I've expended lots of ink,' wrote Bruce Zaretsky in opening his On the Level column in WaterShapes' June 2010 edition, 'extolling the virtues of good water management. . . . And this all makes sense, given both the needs of our society and the fact that we who read and write for WaterShapes all derive some portion of our livings from the work we
Every year, it seems, there's a new trend we have to deal with as designers. Once it was beach entries, another time it was container gardens. For a while, it was all about outdoor kitchens; fire features enjoyed their time in the sun as well. To be sure, each of those once-trendy pursuits has had staying power, and I still hear from clients about
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