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Matt Boring is the owner and designer at Texas Ponds and Water Features LLC. He has been building ponds professionally for more than 16 years, winning numerous awards and having his work featured in several publications. Texas Ponds and Water Features is an Atlantic Professional Contractor based in Austin. www.texasponds.com
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Contractors Corner | Below the Line

Our first installation of an underground rainwater-harvesting system.

By Matt Boring, Texas Ponds and Water Features, LLC
Published on May 31, 2019 in Contractor’s Corner 0

Alas, living in Austin, Texas, where there’s lots of solid rock underground, I’ve never had that opportunity. It was just never a cost-effective way to…

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Cosmic Coffee and Beer Garden Showcases Sustainability (and Water Features)

By Matt Boring, Texas Ponds and Water Features, LLC
Published on April 28, 2019 in Pond Construction, Pond Content, Pond Design, POND LIFE 0

In February 2017, I received an interesting phone call that ended up changing our business for the better. The man on the other end, Paul Oveisi, said that he was putting together a brand new coffee and beer garden nearMore…

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Pond Construction | A Lone Star Retreat Built with Trust

By Matt Boring, Texas Ponds and Water Features, LLC
Published on December 29, 2016 in Pond Construction, Pond Content, Pond Design 0

When you change an environment, you change a life. Think about it. If you change someone’s environment in a positive way, you make his or her life better — not just for a day or a week, but indefinitely, fromMore…

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Limited Access? Work Backward to Get Forward

Building a Texas-sized, balanced-ecosystem pond

By Matt Boring, Texas Ponds and Water Features, LLC
Published on February 29, 2016 in Contractor’s Corner, Pond Content 1

This pond was right up against the neighbor’s fence, so access was extremely limited — impossible from that end…

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Specifications:

Designer: Matt Boring, Texas Pond and Water Features

Installers:  Matt Boring and Crew

Location: Austin, Texas

Contact Info: www.TexasPonds.com, 512/782-8315

Size: 4,300 gallons

Components: 

  • 50-by-50 liner
  • Geotextile Underlayment
  • 136 EcoBlox
  • 3 Clean Rain Downspout Filter/Diverters
  • Rain Harvesting Pump Vault
  • External Pressure Pump
  • Tank Gauge
  • Lots of 3-inch PVC piping

Time to Complete: 7 weeks

Crew Size: Juan Sanchez, Carlos Ordaz, Robert Pecina

Project Price: $80,000

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