Fountain

Cristina Puglisi <c.puglisi [at] aarome__org> writes

>I have an outdoor fountain made of a bronze statue and two stone
>basins.  The fountain is closely surrounded by 3 cypress trees that
>constantly drop plant material into the basins and therefore the
>water is constantly very dark green-brown and muddy.
>
>I would like to keep the water clean and clear but the commercial
>products often used in these situations seem to always contain
>chlorine and or other harmful ingredients to the bronze and or the
>stone.

Sisyphus would love this! The problem that your sculpture is
experiencing has no end!

The best long term solution for you is to move the fountain and
basins and leave the trees in place.

Jim Moss


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