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How to Move Water and Create Spectacular Waterfalls

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This 12-foot waterfall and surrounding rock formations were constructed to appear as if the waterfall had eroded the limestone formation over eons of time. The air bubbles in the falling waterfall are illuminated by the sunshine, and the reflecting sky causes the water to appear an even deeper blue.

The stepped weir waterfall at right in Silverthorne, Colorado, is built into a live stream at 12,000 feet and is designed to handle varying flows of water developing from melting snow. When water flows increase during warmer weather, the waterfalls seen here increase in size and character, and new waterfalls may form nearby.

This frontal view of the left half of the main entry waterfall has very strong visual action provided by the water flow of 3,000 gpm over each 12- foot waterfall weir. The oversized fly fisherman and several deer placed throughout this waterfall display enhance the visual aesthetics.

A 10-foot-tall, sheer commercial waterfall under construction. The three largest pieces have been set in place dry to confirm alignment.

A 10-foot boulder is set in place on one of the four waterfalls. A piece of 2-inch thick styrofoam board sits between the liner and rock during installation to prevent liner damage. This rock will sit on a fiber-reinforced pad, which then allows concrete shims to be used for alignment purposes.

This large commercial entry waterfall weir rock is being set in place, and its position will be adjusted by using heavy-duty concrete blocks. Once the position is confirmed and adjacent boulders are set, concrete and rebar will be used to permanently secure them together.

Construction of four large waterfall features is taking place above, with the larger boulders being set first. One thousand tons of select boulders were shipped from New York to Florida for this effort. These boulders sit on a fiber-reinforced concrete pad poured on top of the pond liner.

This water in this cascading stream is created solely from the melting snow in the Rocky Mountains at 12,000 feet. The melting water drives a water wheel and then flows through two trout ponds before turning back into a mountain stream.

This 85-foot-wide, 15-foot-tall commercial entry waterfall is designed to be easily seen and recognized as a large waterfall from a distance, and its visual impact and “wow” factor grows as you get closer.

This waterfall sits within a few feet of the main entrance road of a retirement community and provides generous amounts of medium and high-pitch sounds that one would hear in a heavy rainstorm.

This cascading waterfall appears to initiate from a source higher up in the mountain, disappear, and then re-emerge close to the driveway.

This is a 12-foot, very petite, intimate waterfall designed to be hidden and only discovered by those drawn by the soft, but higher-pitch sound of water falling onto a stone.

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