DESIGNING HYDRAULICS SYSTEMS: FOR AQUARIUMS, WATER FEATURES, SWIMMING & THERAPY POOLS

DESIGNING HYDRAULICS SYSTEMS: FOR AQUARIUMS, WATER FEATURES, SWIMMING & THERAPY POOLS

The cover of this book is the classic Roman Bath at the City of the same name in the UK, the enrichment of architecture with wonderful sculptures is something we as a culture have lost, swept away in the quest for economy and the influence of brutal architecture. The 21st century, almost certainly will see astounding technological breakthroughs in Fish farming, recreational facilities, robotics, biotechnology, nanotechnology computer science, materials development and the generation and use of energy. Of particular interest to the following is the development in 1992 of the Amiad Cassette Thread water filter that will remove particulate matter down to three microns, a minute scale that captures Cryptosporidium bacteria, and when used for swimming pool treatment in conjunction with Ozone. Chlorine gas will eradicate the inevitable progressive accumulation of TSD by products found in more conventional swimming pool disinfecting systems.As with most precision engineering standards of this quality, Thread filters and gas dosing, do not come cheap, and it currently requires technological skill and understanding to deal with what can be dangerous gases, as compared with some of the more docile chemical combinations currently favoured by institutions because the support systems are not demanding. No doubt the charge will be led by water treatment for biological and medical research, followed possibly by Health Care? This type of filtration is not seen to be of interest to systems that favour biological filtration in the area of interest addressed in the following pages, pools aquariums and water features.In the domestic domain it is perceived that the most probable technological change will be integrating new ideas into a considered engineering format for the domestic built environment, with a much more focused view on heat loss and gain from building fabric. An example might be combining rain water harvesting supply and the domestic swimming pool mass as a winter season solar energy battery for comfort heating, or conversely using the evaporative cooling phenomena as a cooling tower, also farming quick growth edible fish and recycling their waste products to oxygenate the water and provide nourishment for the edible vegetation by the application of agricultural hydroponics.