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But why have a water feature at all?  Well, you've seen them on TV: huge, complex water features, with high-cost water fountains, installed by skilled landscape designers. Rather daunting, aren't they?

You want a water feature for your own landscaping, but just a small water fountain, you say? A cheap, low-maintenance garden water fountain whose gurgling sound will soothe those frayed nerves when you pull into the driveway after a hard day at work? Well this web-site teaches beginners how to build just such a water feature - with superb links and tips along the way.

If you stick with a small water feature, you shouldn't have to sweat the choice of pumps that much. Water pump manufacturers recommend that the water in a small pond be turned between 1/2 time per hour and 1 time per hour. The maximum pond, therefore, that my 120 GPH Little Giant pump would be good for is a 240 gallon pond. The rigid pond liner that I selected doesn't come close to being that big.

If you get carried away in your pond project and end up buying a bigger pond liner, there are some simple formulas landscape designers use to determine water volume. To calculate cubic feet for rectangular ponds, multiply length in feet x width in feet x depth in feet. For circular ponds, multiply 3.14 (1/2 diameter in feet x 1/2 diameter in feet) x depth in feet. There are 7.5 gallons of water in a cubic foot. Multiply the total number of cubic feet x 7.5 to calculate the total number of gallons that your pond liner holds.

It's eays when you know how - and our experts at Ponds And Fountains know how - so click around for some great advice.