Pondless Waterfalls - Featured In Pulse Magazine

Pondless Waterfalls - Featured In Pulse Magazine

Enjoy the sights and sounds of a maintenance-free backyard water feature

Few sounds are as soothing as the gurgle of flowing water. A pond paired with a waterfall can be relaxing but its pool of water comes with a host of maintenance issues and safety concerns. Keep the waterfall, lose the pond and gain all the benefits with next to no hassle.

A pondless waterfall provides the aesthetic of moving water without the upkeep because the water is pumped in a continuous loop after it empties onto a decorative gravel bed. “Because there is no standing water, there is no need for the ecosystem needed to keep a pond clean,” said Leonard Mirabile of Autumn Leaf Landscape Design in Centerport. “There's very little maintenance involved. And they are safer than ponds for children and pets.” And, unlike a pond, there is no reason to keep the system running all of the time to sustain fish or keep the surface from freezing over. A flip of a switch turns the waterfall on or off—cuing up a Zen-like atmosphere takes only a few seconds.