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Client List

Bijao Los Santos Golf Course;
Los Santos, Panama
30 mil PVC - 422,000 sf

 

Chaparral Pines Lake;
Payson, AZ
45 mil RPP -292,500 sf
Geotextile -292,500 sf

 

Friend Ranch Golf Course;
Poncha Springs, CO
30 mil PVC - 367,794 sf

 

Iberostar Bavaro Lake;
Santo Domingo, Puerto Rico
40 mil HDPE - 215,328 sf

 

Liberty Lake Golf Course Lake;
Liberty Lake, WA
36 mil RPE - 348,000 sf

 

Papago Golf Course;
Phoenix, AZ
30 mil PVC - 187,000 sf

 

Riverside Golf Course Pond;
Fresno, CA
36 mil RPP - 139.675 sf

 

Sand Hill Golf Course Waterfall;
Waller, TX
30 mil PVC - 38,000 sf

 

Suncadia Lake & Stream Feature;
Cle Elum, WA
30 mil PVC - 21,000 sf
20 mil PVC - 8,556 sf

 

The Phoenician Lake ;
Scottsdale, AZ
36 mil RPP - 125,000 sf
Geocomposite - 50,000 sf
8oz Geotextile - 50,000 sf

Applications - Golf Course Lake and Pond Lining

 

Golf Course Stream Feature and Rock Work

Golf is one of the fastest growing segments of the recreational industry. Public and private courses transform featureless, less-than-optimal land mass into oases with exciting water features. Between the need to irrigate with effluent to the lakes, streams and falls themselves, geomembranes are a smart design choice.

The economic interest in geomembranes rests in their ability

Even large, variably-shaped lakes can be successfully created and lined when the right materials and proper expertise are employed.

The results? A beautiful, challenging golf course — an asset for years to come.

 

Lining Considerations:
PVC is the most commonly specified liner in the industry. It is a highly flexible, non-reinforced, cost-effective, waterproofing geomembrane liner with many uses and advantages for the user.

Since PVC is degraded by light it requires being covered with a minimum of 12" (1 foot) of clean fill to function as designed. In buried applications, PVC can provide a service life of over 20 years. Slopes should be limited to 3:1, and cover soils should be walked in from the bottom of the pond to the top, always keeping a minimum of 12" of clean soil between your equipment and the membrane.

HDPE is the most widely used geomembrane in the world. It has excellent chemical resistance, good UV stability and is used more commonly internationally due to its availability and cost. HDPE is another UV-stable product.

HDPE cannot be prefabricated and is a very technical product to install properly due to its lack of flexibility and the technical nature of field work seaming. (There is a great deal more field welding due to the lack of factory fabrication.)

EPDM is used where there is a need for an exposed membrane. This product is warranted for 20 years and is gaining popularity in the custom waterfall and ornamental pond market due to its high degree of flexibility.

RPP is a reinforced product that can be fabricated into large panels of 15,000-20,000 sq. ft. It is UV stable and therefore requires no soil cover. It can be manufactured in various colors and is easily heat welded in the field for good quality field seams.

RPP is becoming increasingly popular in the golf construction market. It is used primarily on lakes where there is limited cover material or the slope design is too steep to hold a cover soil.

Project Considerations:

A typical golf course project entails Site Preparation, Pre-fabricated Panels, Field Seams, Pipe Boots, Anchor Trenches and Edge Treatments

*See our Installation Guide for more on the above steps.

A note on safety:
Many projects utilize a safety bench designed at 3' below the operating surface. This bench solves several potential problems. First, as the name implies, it allows someone who may fall into the lake an area on which to stand and exit the lake. It also allows the golf course contractor or architect the ability to create a nice looking edge around the lake, both protecting the lining from possible mechanical or spike damage and also creating an aesthetically pleasing finish.

Overview
With the increasing pressure on our finite potable water supply, more facilities will be relying on secondary effluent for watering their golf courses. To provide better protection for underground water supplies, states are beginning to regulate the use of lake liners for projects that are using or will use secondary effluent for their irrigation water source. In arid areas with poor natural soils, the use of lake liners is mandated due to water conservation efforts, and it also gives the architect or golf course contractor the ability to create a water feature anywhere it will enhance the layout.

Read more about Recreational and Decorative Applications.