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Making Pool Cover Estimates? There's An App For That

Beginning this summer, LOOP-LOC dealers will be able to order products, check estimates and even submit pool measurements for safety covers directly from any mobile device at their jobsite.

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Flying Hot Tubs

Dealers love it when hot tubs are flying out the door, so to speak, but when they literally fly, that's not nearly as welcome. This happened in April, for just a few seconds, when a "microburst" in Grand Junction, Colo., launched two 700-pound Dimension One portable spas up into the air and then into the street just a few feet away. A mircroburst occurs when air descends and accelerates at the ground.

The Case For Natural Swimming Pools

Natural swimming pools/ponds (NSPs) began in Europe (actually in Austria) in the early 1980s. The inventor, Werner Gamerith, was awarded the Austrian Government’s Prize for the Connection between Art and Ecology. This was a prescient insight (rare on the part of government IMHO) into the true nature of the NSP (pun intended). The case in favor of the NSP is encapsulated in that insight — it is an artistic leap forward and it is based in the science of limnology.

German Troupe Performs Underwater Opera

This underwater opera tells the story of a young woman looking for the elixir of eternal youth.

New Winter Pool Cover Comes Without Straps

ThermoSpas President Andy Tournas On The New International Hot Tub Association (part one of two)

The Eyes Of An Industry

Fiberglass Pool Makers Adding Features To Better Compete With Vinyl

Asked to assess the difficulties facing fiberglass pool manufacturers and dealers, Curt Prystupa, president and founder of Sun Fiberglass Products, relates a story that's ...

How To Accurately Measure And Fit A Pool Cover

In the past decade, the pool builder's art has been lifted to new heights, as more projects have come to include fancy rockwork, waterfalls, vanishing edges, free-form shapes, ...

The World's Highest Swimming Pool

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

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.

Improving Your SEO: A Search Engine Ranking Factors Guide

The most beautiful, well designed pool and spa websites don't do businesses much good if search engines are not finding them. Here's how to improve your SEO.

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