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Amazon Pond Products - Online shopping with one of the biggest selection of pond products on the internet. **As an Amazon affiliate we may recieve payment for purchases made through Amazon.
Atlantic Pond Supply - Online pond supply store serving the USA and Canada.
Aqua Link, Inc - Water resources management company specializing in pond, lake, stream and watershed management and restoration. Products offered include pond and lake aeration systems, pond fountains, pond bacteria and pond dyes.
Aqua Doc - Offers lake and pond management services, supplies, and products including algae and weed management, pond construction, and aeration. Online catalog.
Aqua Link, Inc - Water resources management company specializing in pond, lake, stream and watershed management and restoration. Products offered include pond and lake aeration systems, pond fountains, pond bacteria and pond dyes.
AquaBlok, Ltd. - Composite-aggregate technology commonly used as a barrier between contaminated sediments and adjacent surface water and ground water environments.
Aquarius Weed Control Services - Provides aquatic restoration consulting services and mechanical weed control worldwide
Aquaservices Inc. - A pond and lake management company providing fish stocking, fertilizing and plant identification services to individual pond owners as well as businesses and government agencies.
Aquatica Plus - Assorted pond supplies and aquarium supplies.
Aquatic Control Technology Inc. - Lake management services include chemical and mechanical weed control, aeration, sediment excavation and assessment programs.
Aquatic Mapping Services - Creates bathymetric contour maps for lakes and ponds. Also offers sedimentation and volumetric analyses for monitoring changes in pond and lake habitats.
AquaticPonds - Online retailer of pond supplies at discount prices and source for all of the information you require to execute your pond project flawlessly. Free advice and technical support.
Bio-Claire - Supplier of pure and natural minerals compounded to provide a balanced environment within a pond. Along with an overview of ponds is a list of products and their applications, a list of dealers and frequently asked questions answered.
Canadianpond.ca Products Limited - Specializing in pond products, construction and aquatic management. Industrial deicing and aeration systems in North America.
Colorado Pond Pros https://www.coloradopondpros.com/
Environmental Solutions - Provides natural microorganisms to remove and control pond nutrients and fertilizers: to clean, clarify, and restore ecological balance to lakes, fish ponds, and water gardens.
ForeverGreen - Offers lake and pond aeration products, installation and water treatment services.
Fountain Mountain - Distributor of Kasco fountains, aerators, de-icers, and circulators for lakes and ponds.
Freshwater Scientific Services, LLC - Providing technical guidance and aquatic monitoring services to citizen groups, lake associations, and local-level governments to improve and protect water resources in the upper midwest.
GoodbyeToMuck.com Lets you walk over deep muck without sinking. Controls lake weeds as effectively as LakeMat. A perimeter frame gives added support and makes for a quick, easy installation.
Greenboat Scientific - Designers and manufacturers of the Weedoo, an eco-boat engineered specifically to perform a range of waterway tasks.
Grovhac, Inc. - Site describes pond aeration system and benefits of lake bed aeration. Features a reprint of the "Hope for Troubled Waters" article (Fishing Facts magazine, 1974) which describes the natural death of a lake through eutrophication and how it can be prevented with lake bed aeration.
Lake Restoration Inc. - Provide products and services aimed at improving both lake and pond weed control as well as geese control.
Lochow Ranch - Texas, US company offering pond and lake management including fish stocking, electrofishing surveys, aquatic vegetation control, aeration and fountains.
Mesothelioma.net - Learn more about the risks of asbestos exposure and how properly recycling the hazardous material can mitigate air pollution.
Natural Waterscapes - Natural resource management firm providing products and services for pond and lake management and native wildlife habitats.
Omega Lake Services - Provides lake and pond maintenance, consultation and products and offers a downloadable guide to Optimum Pond Dynamics. Serving the Palm Springs, California, US area.
Otterbine Barebo Inc. - Offers aerators and fountains.
Outdoor Water Solutions - Windmills and pond products
Peroxygen Solutions - Provides solutions to address and prevent the problems associated with cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) including controlling taste and odor complaints.
Stillwater Management - UK firm offering a consultancy and aquatic weed control and removal service, pond restoration, waterside structures, fisheries and estate management.
Sunrise Fisheries - Offers pond and lake management, aeration, chemicals, and weed control. Also offers fish stocking and fish population analysis. Based in Lake Village, Arkansas.
Texas Lake Solutions - Provides pond and lake management information on the web and offers lake weed management, and other aquatic management services in the Eastern portion of the State of Texas.
The WeedShear - Lake weed cutting tool able to cut any aquatic plant.
Triplepoint Water Technologies - Offers the MARS aeration system to efficiently manage ponds to create sustainable ecosystems. Provides a short video to explain the system.
Vertex Water Features - Vertex offers aeration systems and fountains
Water Online Wastewater aeeration and utility management
Harry Rodgers published a useful article on Blue Green Algae: https://www.superfoodliving.com/blue-green-algae

Pondpro.com : EPDM Liners, Pond leaks, Pond Repair. Pondpro2000 is a 100% liquid EPDM and 100% compatible to your EPDM pond liner sold in pond supply stores. URL: https://www.pondpro2000.com/

Soilandwater.com: Soilandwater.com provides cost effective solutions at the interface of construction and the environment. Eco-Systems dba Soilandwater.com provides environmentally focused products and services for customers located throughout the United States. https://www.soilandwater.com

Pond Books & Guides
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The Lakes Handbook: Lake Restoration and Rehabilitation	Lake and Pond Management Guidebook	Earth Ponds The Country Pond Maker's Guide to Building, Maintenance and Restoration	Pond Restoration & Lake Management Lakes and Reservoirs
Energy Independence, Off-Grid and Sustainable Living	Wind Power Fundamentals, Technologies, Application, Economics	Master Book of the Water Garden: The Ultimate Guide to the Design and Maintenance of the Water Garden	The Pond Specialist

www.acwf.org : America's Clean Water Foundation is a non-profit organization that specializes in outreach and education services on clean water issues. Interested in helping or would you like more information? Visit their site!

www.awra.org : The American Water Resources Association is a non-profit professional association dedicated to the advancement of men and women in water resources management, research, and education. They promise a balanced, professional approach to solving water resources challenges in a friendly and comfortable atmosphere.

www.care2.com : Care2 is the largest Environmental Network connecting over 2 million Consumers with Nonprofit Organizations and Eco-Oriented Corporations.

www.emagazine.com : The Environmental Magazine is an independent publication on environmental issues. It aims to educate, inspire and empower Americans to make a difference for the environment.

www.wri.org : The World Resources Institute's mission, to move human society to live in ways that protect Earth's environment and its capacity to provide for the needs and aspirations of current and future generations, and how they go about accomplishing their mission is explained more fully on their website. Check it out for ways that you can help!

https://www.epa.gov/grtlakes/ecopage/glbd/index.html: Lakes are inland bodies of freshwater ranging in size from less than one acre to several thousands of acres. Simply stated, lakes are the bodies of water that fill depressions in the earth's surface. Lakes may be further described by their origin and classified by trophic status according to their characteristics. Reservoirs are lakes, often man-made, that control water flow for hydroelectric power generation, flood control, and/or municipal water supplies. Follow the links on this page to learn more about lakes, ponds, and reservoirs or get an overview of these "lentic" environments.

www.groundwater.org : The Groundwater Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to educating and motivating people to care for and about groundwater.

www.irrigation.org : The Irrigation Association is a non-profit, North American organization, that intends to improve the products and practices used to manage water resources and to help shape the worldwide business environment of the irrigation industry. The Irrigation Association's interest in water resources encompasses the application conservation, drainage, improvement and recovery of water for economic and environmental enhancement in agriculture, turfgrass, landscape and forestry.

www.nalms.org : The North American Lake Management Society's mission is to forge partnerships among citizens, scientists, and professionals to foster the management and protection of lakes and reservoirs for today and tomorrow.

www.pesticideinfo.org : The PAN Pesticides Database is your one-stop location for current toxicity and regulatory information for pesticides. To find out more information about insecticides, herbicides, other pesticides and chemicals, as well as to be linked to a comprehensive collection of data sources check out this site.

https://www.usgs.gov/water/ : The US Geological Survey (USGS) serves the Nation as an independent fact-finding agency that collects, monitors, analyzes, and provides scientific understanding about natural resource conditions, issues, and problems. On this easily-searchable site, you'll find a wealth of information and data relating to water.

www.envirolink.org : EnviroLink is a non-profit organization... a grassroots online community that unites hundreds of organizations and volunteers around the world with millions of people in more than 150 countries. EnviroLink is dedicated to providing comprehensive, up-to-date environmental information and news.

www.environmentaldefense.org : Environmental Defense is a national nonprofit organization that seeks to link science, economics and law to create innovative, equitable and cost-effective solutions to society's most urgent environmental problems.

www.epa.gov : EPA's mission is to protect human health and to safeguard the natural environment — air, water, and land — upon which life depends. Its staff are highly educated and technically trained; more than half are engineers, scientists, and policy analysts. In addition, a large number of employees are legal, public affairs, financial, information management and computer specialists. Headquartered in Washington D.C, EPA is led by the Administrator, who is appointed by the President of the United States.

www.freshwater.org : The Freshwater Society is a public nonprofit organization dedicated to conserving, restoring, and protecting freshwater resources and their surrounding watersheds. Through its program initiatives in freshwater resource management, groundwater and surface water stewardship activities, public education, conferences and publications, the Freshwater Society has been a catalyst for understanding one of our most important natural resources.

www.wef.org : The Water Environment Federation is a not-for-profit technical and educational organization which focuses on the preservation and enhancement of the global water environment. The WEF network includes water quality professionals from 79 Member Associations in over 32 countries.

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Earth Ponds: The Country Pond Maker's Guide to Building, Maintenance and Restoration

There is nothing like a pond! What else can simultaneously increase your aesthetic pleasure, offer recreational opportunities, help the environment, and increase the value of your land?

This is the recognized standard on ponds, now expanded to include a comprehensive guide to living happily with your completed pond and keeping it perpetually healthy.

Here is everything you need to know about planning, digging, sculpting, and maintaining your pond.

It’s the condensed wisdom of a man who has spent a lifetime building, restoring, and maintaining ponds.

The Pond Specialist: The Essential Guide to Designing, Building, Improving and Maintaining Ponds and Water Features (Specialist Series)

This book is nothing less than essential for those of us embarking on designing and building our own ponds.

If like me you have zero knowledge of the field and are clueless as to the difference between types of pond, butyl liners versus rigid liners, pond plants, fish and how water features actually work, then this book will be your bible.

Imagine building a waterfall, romantic fountain, or beautiful pond in your own backyard.

The Pond Book: A Complete Guide to Site Planning, Design and Management of Small Lakes and Ponds

Ponds, when properly managed, enhance a property. Ponds provide an environment for fish, recreational entertainment through swimming or boating, a satisfying wildlife habitat, and higher real estate value to any rural property.

Written for the serious layperson, The Pond Book explores the wide variety of pond ecosystems available, and their function; topographic and soil requirements, design and construction techniques, wildlife management, fish species and their cultivation, local bylaws affecting pond maintenance, algae and plant control, parasite problems, chemical and physical parameters of water sources, and water control / erosion devices.

Managing Lakes and Reservoirs

Understandable and useful, Managing Lakes and Reservoirs addresses the enormous amount of information on lake management that has developed in the decade since the publication of the manual’s first two editions (Lake and Reservoir Restoration Guidance Manual, 1988 and 1990).

The first two manuals dealt primarily with restoration of lakes, but this third edition moves beyond restoration issues to focus on ongoing management of lakes and processes that communities of citizens, policymakers, scientists, and enforcement agencies can use to achieve desired outcomes for their local lakes.

Distributed for the North American Lake Management Society

About the Author
The North American Lake Management Society (NALMS) is committed to forging partnerships among citizens, scientists, and professionals to foster the management and protection of lakes and reservoirs for today and tomorrow.

Natural Swimming Pools: Inspiration For Harmony With Nature

Natural swimming pools rely on the correct balance of living plants and micro-organisms to clean and purify the water. They are easy and less costly to maintain than chemical pools.

Chlorine and other common pool chemicals that are hazardous to human health are not used. Natural pools are safe places for children to play and birds to drink, and are a dramatic example of ecological design, combining the natural and man-made worlds while creating beauty.

These pools offer enjoyment not only in the warm months, but during winter, when they can be used for ice skating.

Often the focal point of a garden, a natural swimming pool blends into the environment, flowing into the surroundings with plants and rocks. It reflects the changing seasons and enhances the environment naturally. This book is a necessary resource for people who consider a natural swimming pool.

It shows how the natural system works to provide environmental, health, and safety benefits. Drawings, diagrams, and charts help explain their planning, design, biology, materials, construction, planting, and maintenance.

Over 300 beautiful color photographs of natural pools will inspire your own water garden, where you can swim in harmony with nature.

Watershed Management: Balancing Sustainability and Environmental Change

Watersheds contain vitally important resources which must be managed in a coordinated fashion to achieve sustainability.

This book presents 20 contributions to the analysis of watersheds in the Pacific Northwest of the United States in three broad subject areas: - Global and national perspectives - Elements of integrated watershed management - Innovative approaches for mitigation and restoration of watersheds.

The aim of Watershed Management: Balancing Sustainability and Environmental Change is to present new perspectives that combine social, economic, and environmental concerns with approaches to watershed management that treat forest, range, agricultural, and urban parcels in an integrated manner.

This book will be of interest to environmental scientists, natural resource managers, and policymakers.
These studies are distinguished by (1) a holistic perspective that sees people and their environments as interacting systems, (2) flexible approaches that permit either the environment or human society to be treated as the independent variable in analyzing of society-environment relations, and (3) accumulation of a substantial body of knowledge about how the future welfare of a society is influenced by its uses (or misuses) of land and water (Firey 1990).

All About Building Waterfalls, Ponds, and Streams

A practical, easy-to-understand guide to adding both still (ponds) and moving (waterfalls and streams) water features to any garden. Includes complete, easy-to-follow instructions on designing, establishing, and caring for a variety of eye-pleasing water projects.

More than 220 vivid photographs and illustrations, plus detailed instructions, make this guide a must-have for garden enthusiasts looking to plan and build a water feature.

Expert advice on selecting the right fish and plants for embellishing any backyard aquatic paradise.

Solution-based format will inspire you to confidently create water havens in your own yard.

How to Build Ponds and Waterfalls and Much More...

This incredible book was written with the consumer in it's a show and tell presentation of everything needed to build spectacular water gardens.

Jeffrey Reid proves that knowing the correct steps and using the right product for the job practically guarantees success. The methods shown in these chapters are proven, and have been taught to thousands of do-it-yourselfers.

In an easy-to-read and easy-to-understand format, this book shows readers how to build ponds and waterfalls, as well as providing information about Koi fish, submersible pumps, water lilies, water features, water garden designs, UV lights, rock placement, filter systems, pond fish, marginal plants, preformed ponds, excavating, pond liners, plumbing, and landscaping.

Adding a pond or waterfall to your landscape can be very rewarding.

Smart Guide: Ponds, Fountains & Waterfalls (Landscaping)

Whether readers are deciding on the type of pond that best suits their wants and needs or trying to decide whether a stream or a waterfall fits better into their landscape, Smart Guide: Ponds, Waterfalls & Fountains has it all.

Chapters cover everything from plant and fish selection to tips on choosing a spray or statuary fountain, how to install pond shells, digging out a watercourse and waterfall, and even adding accents such as bridges and steppingstones to the backyard.

For homeowners who can't wait to get started in the spring and want to show off their creativity, Smart Guide: Ponds, Waterfalls & Fountains will not only help their project take off; it will instill the confidence to finish.

Building Natural Ponds: Create a Clean, Algae-free Pond without Pumps, Filters, or Chemicals

Typical backyard ponds are a complicated mess of pipes, pumps, filters, and nasty chemicals designed to adjust pH and keep algae at bay. Hardly the bucolic, natural ecosystem beloved by dragonflies, frogs, and songbirds.

The antidote is a natural pond, free of hassle, cost, and complexity and designed as a fully functional ecosystem, ideal for biodiversity, swimming, irrigation, and quiet contemplation.

Building Natural Ponds is the first step-by-step guide to designing and building natural ponds that use no pumps, filters, chemicals, or electricity and mimic native ponds in both aesthetics and functionality. Highly illustrated with how-to drawings and photographs.

The Water Gardener's Bible: A Step-by-Step Guide to Building, Planting, Stocking, and Maintaining a Backyard Water Garden

Whether it is a small container of water on a deck or patio serving as home to a few plants and water creatures or a more elaborate mix of waterfalls, fountains, rockwork, and lighting, the water garden can be a lovely, spirit-soothing addition to one s property a place to unwind, relax, and escape the cares of the world.

But while water has been a prominent feature in garden designs for thousands of years, it is only recently with the availability of preformed kits at the local home improvement center that installing a beautiful water garden has become a feasible undertaking for the average homeowner. And now, with the extremely clear and complete instructions in this practical, hands-on guide, a backyard water garden is easier than ever to build and maintain. This is a true bible on the subject with comprehensive information on everything from choosing the right site and selecting aquatic plants and fish to pond management and problem solving.

The pages are crammed with specifics about pond biology and chemistry, beneficial bacteria, fish health, nuisance algae, and electrical and child safety all that is necessary to duplicate the sights, sounds, and sanctuary of a babbling brook, splashing fountain, or cascading waterfall right in the backyard.

The Complete Guide to Water Gardens, Ponds & Fountains

Plan, create, and enjoy your dream water garden! DIY Guide to Ponds, Fountains, Rain Gardens & Water Features provides essential information on designing and installing all types of home water gardens, from naturalistic to formal, plus fountains, waterfalls, streams, bog gardens, rain gardens, and more.

With this expert guide, you’ll learn how to construct each of these structures, as well as how to incorporate a variety of aquatic plants, fish, and other pond inhabitants, and even how to design wooden bridges and stepping-stones.

You'll also find advice and plants for all regions, plus special tips for gardens in extreme conditions and zone charts.

A best-selling resource, this newly updated edition features today’s newest technologies and products, such as pond-less waterfall kits for small spaces, as well as a new chapter on constructing naturalistic swimming ponds that are free from chlorine.

Also included is new information on construction, planting methods, and various DIY ponds, water features, and rain gardens that are suitable for both small, urban lots and expansive suburban landscapes, making this complete how-to guide accessible for anyone!

Creating Ponds, Brooks, and Pools: Water in the Garden (Schiffer Design Book)

Water forms the soul of a garden. A quiet pond, a babbling brook, or a dramatic pool can make a garden unique.

To achieve such beauty, however, requires careful planning and design. Using over 150 brilliant color photographs, this splendid and inspiring book presents the variety of possibilities for using water in the garden.

The informative and enjoyable text provides helpful planning details, including advice on waterproofing, the shore formation, attractive plantings, even fish. Planning and building any kind of water garden is not only fun, it greatly enriches the joy that is found in one's own backyard garden.

Water Gardens and Natural Pools: Design and Construction

With over 300 beautiful color photos and an informative text offers practical knowledge for the planning, building, and care of water features in gardens.

From design to maintenance, all necessary steps are made clear, including planning, building processes, material uses and techniques, and using rainwater as they apply to fountains, biotopes, brooks, swimming pools and ponds, plants and animals.

Step-by-step instructions, informative suggestions, maintenance tips, lists of plants, and plans are included. This book is essential for anyone intending to include a water feature in their landscape design.