water maintenance

2019/3.1, March 6 — Hillside Prowess, Fish Addition, Design Components and more
THE ESSENTIAL E-NEWSLETTER FOR WATERSHAPE DESIGNERS, ENGINEERS AND BUILDERS March 6, 2019 www.watershapes.com FEATURE ARTICLE…
Bead Filter/Blower from EasyPro
EasyPro Pond Products (Grant, MI) makes the PBF90BL filter systems for fish-containing ponds of up…
MicroFlo Vacuum Sand Filters from Natare
Natare (Indianapolis, IN) manufactures MicroFlo swimming pool filtration systems – high-capacity, cost-effective, easy-access, easily maintained…
Combined D.E./Cartridge Filter from Pentair
Pentair (Sanford, NC) offers the Quad D.E. Cartridge-Style Filter, a system that combines the convenience…
Roman Fountains Offers Chemical Feeder
Roman Fountains (Albuquerque, NM) manufactures the RBU-320-IL in-line bromine/chlorine feeder for use on new and…
2016/6.1, June 8 — Moving-Water Dynamics, Pond Detour, Indoor Pool Air and more
THE ESSENTIAL E-NEWSLETTER FOR WATERSHAPE DESIGNERS, ENGINEERS AND BUILDERS June 8, 2016 www.watershapes.com FEATURE ARTICLE…
Atlantic Water Gardens Expands Aerator Line
Atlantic Water Gardens (Mantua, OH) has introduced two new aeration kits for watergardens up to…
Chemical-Free? Really?
It started a couple years ago:  More and more often, I was meeting clients who wanted great pools and spas that involved no chemical enhancement - just the water itself. These were generally people who had studied up.  They had rejected dichlor and trichlor and were opposed to any kind of cyanurate presence.  They'd considered saltwater pools until they figured out that chlorine was part of the package.  They'd looked at ozone and were concerned
Sanitizing System ABCs
Of all the decisions related to swimming pool projects, the one that tends to be the most difficult for average consumers to wrap their minds around has to do with selecting the sanitizing system.  And that’s with good reason, because water treatment is a complex, science-laden topic that can involve a lifetime of study. As a result, I figured that a simple, direct approach would be best in
The Skinny on Skimmers
Skimmers are found in just about every type of watershape imaginable, including gunite, vinyl-lined, fiberglass and aboveground pools as well as in-ground and portable spas – not to mention ponds, streams and fountains. In each case, specific skimmers have been designed to serve the individual applications. For purposes of this discussion, let’s keep things simple by