Surrounded by the rolling Shropshire Hills, the Baron at Bucknell near Ludlow in England is a traditional free house country inn considered one of the region's finest. [ + ]

This new build private residence in Indooroopilly, a Brisbane suburb, consisted of nearly 1200 m² of construction including a pool, spa and water feature. With the award-winning skills of Sam Gardener Tiling and LATICRETE solutions, the completed project delivered exceptional quality and ease of mind for the home owner. [ + ]

Frameless glass panels were used extensively throughout this designer beach house, allowing clear sight lines through the infinity pool and to the beach beyond. [ + ]

For Sue Jackson, head teacher of Lee Chapel Primary School in Essex, UK, ensuring primary school pupils were able to swim from an early age was a lifelong ambition. She was determined no student should ever leave her school frightened of the water. [ + ]

With thousands of cricket fans set to take a dive in Cricket Australia's Pool Deck at Brisbane's Gabba again this summer, water health and safety is high on the agenda. [ + ]

Swim school owner-operator Margie Thorpe spends up to seven hours a day in her indoor learn-to-swim pool. The combination of corrosive pool chemicals and fumes produced in the enclosed space caused significant hair loss. Since switching to Hydroxypure, her hair has grown back and her students love the feel of the water. [ + ]

In order to meet the latest specifications relating to commercial pool filtration when restoring the Saltdean Lido, Paramount Pool Products turned to the brand it knew would provide a solution capable of processing the lido's high volume of water and bather load and wouldn't corrode in the seaside setting: Waterco. [ + ]

After the UQ Aquatic Centre was damaged in the Brisbane floods, the university seized the opportunity to upgrade its existing 50 m pool. The upgrade included installing an S.R. Smith SwimWall System to provide more options for programming. [ + ]

The recently redeveloped Ruth Everuss Aquatic Centre at Lidcombe in Sydney's west utilises industrial controllers and an EtherNet/IP network provided by Omron. [ + ]

The town of Dartmouth lacked a community pool for year-round learn-to-swim classes and recreation. In late 2016, following many years of the community working hard to raise funds, a 25 m indoor pool was built and opened to the public. OC-1 filter media was selected for its effectiveness and energy efficiency. [ + ]

Work has changed for the better for Jim's Pool Care franchisees. A new smartphone app that handles time-consuming routine tasks means franchisees are saving hours in their working day, freeing them up to see more customers, secure more revenue and deliver superior customer service. [ + ]

Weighing in at 250,000 litres, this huge pool came with a huge electricity bill. The pool accounted for more than 40% of the household energy consumption. Pooled Energy updated the old equipment and reduced the running costs to around 14% of the household energy use, while improving water quality. [ + ]

Electrochemicals manufacturer Electrolube was recently approached by a company in Australia for assistance with a particularly unusual application: the customer needed protection for an underwater LED lighting unit. [ + ]

The Alan Shearer Activity Centre is a specialist recreational, sensory and social centre for people with disabilities. With its hydrotherapy pool having seen better days, the centre's management set about replacing it with a £500,000 state-of-the-art facility that was bigger and better. Whitewaters Ltd, the pool specialist that handled construction of the new pool, chose OC-1 filter media to handle the pool's filtration. [ + ]

In 2015, Life Floor had one eye on the growing cruise ship industry, believing its floor tiles would be perfect for on-deck water parks. Starting with a 'trial run' on Carnival Magic in February 2015, Carnival Cruise Line has now installed the product on nine of its ships in under 13 months. [ + ]