Perhaps the hardest thing to accomplish in the architectural fountain business is to take a set of drawings, study the various plans, sections and elevations, and interpret the intent into a three dimensional, accurate and ?EUR??,,????'??living?EUR??,,????'??? interpretation of the architect?EUR??,,????'???s vision. The journey from ?EUR??,,????'??ink and paper?EUR??,,????'??? to ?EUR??,,????'??rocks and mortar?EUR??,,????'??? to ?EUR??,,????'??sprays and streams?EUR??,,????'??? is a challenging one that involves the collaboration, cooperation and professional execution of critical assignments by all the project players. This particular fountain involved the confluence of three separate water streams ranging in length from 50?EUR??,,????'??? to 80?EUR??,,????'??? terminating into a central source basin. The three streams drop in elevation approximately 36?EUR??,,????'?? over weir falls from top to bottom and deliver approximately 100 GPM per stream ?EUR??,,????'??leg?EUR??,,????'??? The hardscape design required the movement and placement of large limestone slabs, rocks and boulders to create a ?EUR??,,????'??natural?EUR??,,????'??? waterscape as well as a curvilinear boulder wall with ?EUR??,,????'??sitting stones?EUR??,,????'??? facing the central feature. The selection and use of hardscape materials also included a 12?EUR??,,????'?? deep layer of ?EUR??,,????'??New Mexico?EUR??,,????'?? river rock cobbles in the central basin and lower ends of the stream beds, strategically placed to disguise fountain equipment hardware and drains. Converging on the central basin the water is then pumped into a cluster of five cascade aerating nozzles creating white, frothy plumes of water between the large limestone ?EUR??,,????'??monoliths?EUR??,,????'??? in the central basin. For added interest, a 12- nozzle ?EUR??,,????'??fog/mist?EUR??,,????'??? system was designed and installed around the perimeter of the central basin to create a cooling effect for visitors to the fountain. For evening viewing of the fountain, strategically placed submersible niche lights installed into raised pylons provide illumination of the nozzles and fog. As an interactive element the three stream courses are periodically interrupted with ?EUR??,,????'??stepping boulders?EUR??,,????'??? and a ?EUR??,,????'??concrete bridge?EUR??,,????'??? allowing pedestrians to traverse the streams as they walk through the park. The stream beds and central collection basin were excavated and fitted with a 45 mil EPDM liner which in turn was covered with a 9?EUR??,,????'?? thick re-bar re-enforced concrete shell over a 4?EUR??,,????'?? compacted ?EUR??,,????'??road?EUR??,,????'??? base on compacted subgrade. The concrete in turn was acid stained and sealed with color to match the natural limestone boulders and slab stones used throughout the site. The heart of the fountain system is a Roman Fountains Series 4 fiberglass re-enforced direct-burial pump/filtration/control vault. The vault, measuring approximately 6?EUR??,,????'???cube, is a factory engineered system containing the display pump, filtration pump and tank, water treatment system, and system electrical control. The factory built and tested unit is delivered to the jobsite for direct burial into a dry hole application. The installer completes the field installation by connecting the electrical and plumbing connections in accordance with Roman Fountains detailed shop/installation drawings and instructions. The fog system equipment package was installed into a separate housing adjacent to the main fountain equipment vault. Roman RAVS Series molded fiberglass intake sumps with stainless steel ?EUR??,,????'??coin catcher?EUR??,,????'?? baskets and brass anti-vortex plates provided the suction points for the system hydraulics. Bill Wilmot, the installer with L&R Landscape Services, is a local expert of rock formations in the Austin area. He spends time searching out unusual rock formations, extracts the rock and hoists the material to the site for use in his projects. The stream and basin edge rocks are buff and cream colored limestone, the vertical rock slabs are Lueder stone excavated from a local quarry, and the gray rock is weathered limestone. The large monolithic boulders in the center of the collection basin weigh 2.5 tons and were ?EUR??,,????'??discovered?EUR??,,????'??? by Mr. Wilmot in the woods around Austin. The total contract took approximately 60 days to complete with the fountain and hardscape materials and installation costing approximately $250,000.