safety

Toxin-Free Choices
  Wrapping up his series on a comprehensive approach to healthier pool water, John Cohen goes into great detail in defining system components and making specific product recommendations.
Interventions
  Tireless in his quest for information about and approaches to the creation of toxin-free pools and spas, John Cohen has spent years weighing observations of nature and the human body and figuring out ways to use what he's learned to help people swim in pure, clean, safe water.    
Shock Alert Introduces In-Pool Electricity Detector
Shock Alert (O’Fallon, MO) has introduced a monitoring system that detects electrical voltage gradients in…
2017/10.2, October 18 — Mansion Memories, Lighting Dynamics, Fountain Miscue and more
THE ESSENTIAL E-NEWSLETTER FOR WATERSHAPE DESIGNERS, ENGINEERS AND BUILDERS October 18, 2017 www.watershapes.com IN MEMORIAM…
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.  
Fountain Supply Co. Offers Water-Level Controller
Fountain Supply Co. (Santa Clarita, CA) makes an electronic water-level controller for fountains and other…
RenoSys Manufacturers Pads for Slide Bases
RenoSys (Indianapolis, IN) makes SoftSide pads in a variety of configurations to make pool slides…
2017/8.2, August 23 — Working the Views, Glowing Pools, Pineapple Days and more
THE ESSENTIAL E-NEWSLETTER FOR WATERSHAPE DESIGNERS, ENGINEERS AND BUILDERS August 23, 2017 www.watershapes.com FEATURE ARTICLE…
Illuminating Challenges
The lighting of pools is much more challenging than it once was, notes Graham Orme, mostly because their contours are so much more intricate than they were even 20 years ago.  Here, he starts a new series that will guide all of us toward more 'enlightened' results.    
2017/8.1, August 9 — Vanishing-Edge Pond, 24/7 Poolscapes, Algae Management and more
THE ESSENTIAL E-NEWSLETTER FOR WATERSHAPE DESIGNERS, ENGINEERS AND BUILDERS August 9, 2017 www.watershapes.com FEATURE ARTICLE…