Minimizing Water Fountain Splashing
In general, the farther the water in your water fountain must fall before
contacting more water or surface the farther your splashes will travel. In most
indoor water fountain situations this must be recognized so that measures can be
taken for the purpose of minimizing water fountain splashing. You don't want to
stop the water from splashing, as this defeats one of the chief purposes of your
water fountain, making pleasant sounds. The water fountain needs to be designed
in a matter that calculates the angles and forces of splash in order to capture
and recycle any large airborne water particles.
When water falls about an inch or less there are typically no large airborne
water particles to be captured, only a few, very minor energy dissipating waves.
Anything more than this will have some level of splashing associated with it and
needs to have corresponding design features calculated to capture this
splashing. This is not as difficult of a thing to do as you might think from all
of this complex scientific-speak.
If you already have a fountain from which you are trying to prevent splashing,
you will have to add splash guards to accomplish this task. Slate is the most
common material used in the production of splash guards. If properly placed
around the likely directions of splash diffusion these splash guards should send
the water back into the water reservoir. You know if you need splash guards for
your water fountain or not because you see drops or puddles on hard surfaces. On
soft surfaces , such as a carpet, it may be the shocking sight of mold that
catches your attention instead. The difficulty only comes in fitting the splash
guards properly on you water fountain.
Matching the bowls of your supporting center to a slate set is what is required
to catch the water fountain splashing without killing your sounds of nature. You
probably do not want to 100% control water fountain splashing in most cases
because you would have to nearly cover up the sight of water landing and distort
the sounds. However, it is possible to block 99% of the splashes without causing
either of these issues.
One thing to be aware of is that not all of the water around your fountain
necessarily came from splashing. Sometimes someone or some pet will come through
and play in the water and make splashes. Just as commonly, you may spill some
water or have a leak in your fountain. You need to be careful of these issues.
Fountains generally shouldn't be kept near items that can be damaged by minute
amounts of water. In other words, your great great grandmother's antique
hardwood table should not be next to or under a water fountain. |
