You can build your own fountain or waterfall out of almost anything that will allow water to be piped through and spill down a surface. That means you can create your own fountain or waterfall for any area once you understand the basics of how it works. Here is a quick layout of what you need and how you can put together almost any style water feature that will splash down recycled water.

Set up a basin and your fountain subject(s) –rocks here

First you will need a basin that will collect water and hold your submersible pump.  And you will need to choose the object that will be your actual fountain: rocks, sculpture, pot, recycled object or whatever you want to have the water spill out of.

Overall set up and water flow

You will be running the cord of your submersible pump out of the basin and into a safe electrical supply.

The tube from your pump (water will be pushed up the tube: pumps do not suck water but they actually push it!) will be fed up the object of your fountain and fixed into place so the tube protrudes where the water will spill out. You may want to thread the tube through the interior of your fountain (like in a bubbling pot) and fill it with sand, stones or tumbled glass, or you may want to hide the tubing behind your object, like cementing it to the back of natural rocks. How you conduct water up your chosen fountain will be part of the creative process.

Attach your conducting water pipe to feed the waterfall

Play with the way the water spills out of the fountain to create interesting splash effects.

Water should find its way back down into the tub without leaking outside the collection basin. Basins can be covered with screening and permeable material rather than remaining open water. This will give a pondless waterfall effect.

Cover the basin with a removable grid for a pondless waterfall

For a pondless waterfall you will want to create a grid cover that lets water flow through but covers the surface to discourage evaporation, mosquito breeding and trash from entering.  Make sure the cover is removable for access to the pump when necessary.  You can hide the cover with plants in pots, gravel or rock or another decorative, permeable covering.

A natural looking, finished waterfall

However you decide to design and recycle the water, your fountain or waterfall should be economic, neat and clean, allowing water to be recycled without waste.

Originally posted 2011-04-12 05:47:37. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

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