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The World's Highest Swimming Pool

Visitors can take in amazing views of Victoria Harbor in Hong Kong.

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Borates: Once Per Year

Haviland

Once per year, Haviland reminds you that borates help maintain ideal water quality – and only need to be tested and reapplied once per year.

Borates: Once Per Year

AQUA Asks Kathy Marosz, President of Vision Design & Watershapes in San Diego, About Working On Big Projects

Kathy Marosz is president and principal designer for Vision Design & Watershapes in San Diego. The company won the January, 2011 AQUA Choice award for an ...

The Bold Future Of Pool Design Software

Many AQUA readers have been around long enough to remember when everybody designed pools with paper, pencils and protractors. Some still design that way, and wouldn't dream of doing it differently. Others, however, take advantage of various pool design software systems, which add flexibility and a bit of style to the process. And each year, it seems, the renderings designers produce on the programs get more and more realistic.

June 2011 AQUA Choice Award: A Geometric Pool And Spa Combo By Blue Water Pools

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Futuristic Pool Design Deemed Technically Feasible

A team of designers in New York, with the help of an international engineering firm, has completed the general design and feasibility analysis for a swimming pool that would float in the East River, filled with water strained from the surrounding waterway. The fantastic concept was conceived by Archie Lee Coates IV and Jeffrey Franklin of PlayLab along with Dong-Ping Wong of the firm Family New York, and according to the group's website, www.pluspool.org, the idea has received technical analysis and support from Arup, a global engineering company with locations in 33 countries, which has pronounced it doable. According to the team, the pool is basically a floating "giant strainer" dropped into the river, with water filtration membranes built into the walls of the pool to filter river water into clean, swimmable pool water. The concept for the strainer walls involves three concentric layers: the primary, outer layer filters down to 150 microns, eliminating everything from rats to large suspended solids; a secondary layer provides filtration down to much finer particles, including algae and organic matter; the third layer is a disinfection layer designed to kill bacteria and viruses. The current goal of the group is to beta test a prototype of the membrane wall to confirm the concept.

Aboveground Pool Dealers Talk About Online Competition

One thing that stood out in our State of the Industry survey was the growing chorus of complaints about the unfair advantage online retailers have over their bricks-and-mortar brethren.

Texas Bills Set To Become Law

Two significant pool and spa industry-related measures have passed the Texas statehouse and appear ready to be signed by Texas Governor Rick Perry in September.

Vinyl Liner Pool Gets Extreme Makeover

What began in 2004 as a request for a custom slide evolved into not one but two major backyard renovations. In an era of infrequent new pool sales, when many pool builders have come to rely on upgrades and remodels to make ends meet, Dan Lenz, vice president of All Seasons Pools and Spas in Orland Park, Ill., is beyond pleased to have a repeat customer.

What began as a typical vinyl-liner pool with aluminum coping and a plain concrete deck today has a custom slide, cave, waterfall and tunnel (built in 2005) and is surrounded by an outdoor kitchen, splash pad and other amenities, added in 2010.

NSPF's Tom Lachocki Weighs In On Superchlorinating

I read your June Making Waves editorial and your article, "Is Superchlorinating The Best Way To Eliminate Chloramines" and am compelled to be one of the many who have responded to this article. I will focus on clearing up several technical inaccuracies about the CPO (Certified Pool/Spa Operator) certification materials and program.

A Water-Cooled Home in Singapore

The homeowner requested a contemporary home that prioritized environmental coolness and an ability to enjoy the luscious tropical surroundings.

The World's Deepest Pool

Is Superchlorinating The Best Way To Eliminate Chloramines?

Chlorine is a great sanitizer for pools. It's been the backbone of our effort to keep pool water clean, and will remain so for the foreseeable future. But a controversy has emerged in recent years about the process of superchlorinating — what we call "shocking" — pools to reduce the buildup of chloramines.

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