Top, Right: The two waterfall streams, this one 10'-
long, are circulated at a rate of around 5,000 gallons
per hour by two 9PL pumps housed in 6.0 skimmers.
Middle, Right: After using a mini-excavator to dig the
pond, a 45 mil EPDM rubber liner was installed and
twelve tons of boulders were used to build the feature.
The pond is filtered by two 2500 Biofalls units. Fifteen
aquatic plants including water lilies, horsetail rush and
dwarf cattail were picked to help sustain a healthy
ecosystem. This floating ring, designed to contain
invasive floating water plants and prevent them from
washing into the skimmer box, holds water hyacinth
and parrotfeather.
Right: The backyard originally sloped away from the
house and part of that slope was kept, which was then
retained with a wall of Tennessee fieldstone. But the
water feature's designer Brian Hoagland wanted the
streams to flow towards the house, so 36 tons of fill dirt
were brought in to create the new slope.
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