Foundational Knowledge for Aspiring Pool Professionals
Dive into the fundamentals with Essential Fluid Engineering, a cornerstone course for building your technical knowledge of water flow in pools, spas, and waterfeatures. Learn how to create safe, efficient systems that meet industry standards, deliver outstanding results to clients, and set the stage for long-term success.
You’re eligible to earn professional certification
Certified Watershape Builder (CWB)
This industry-recognized certification proves you have the essential knowledge to run a watershape construction business—from documenting designs and estimating costs to building pools, spas, and other aquatic features with confidence.
Earn the CWB by completing 3 courses (including this one). You must also be a certified CWF.
What you'll gain from this course
Foundational knowledge
List key fluid engineering concepts including area, volume, volume, depth, mass, flow rate, pressure, velocity, energy, head pressure and others.
Hands-on practice that is regulation-aligned
Apply basic hydraulic principles, guidelines, standards and code limitations to watershape design.
How to optimize projects for efficiency
Discuss efficiency principles including total dynamic head (TDH), electrical efficiency, energy costs and heating efficiency.
Access to time-saving software
Practice using apps for pipe sizing and other key calculations.
Why Attend?
The importance of understanding the mathematics of hydraulic watershape design cannot be overstated. It is an essential element in every type of watershape system. In this detailed class, students are immersed in hydraulic principles and applied science needed to design efficient, durable and serviceable circulation systems.
Watershape University’s ENGINEERING 2311: Essential Fluid Engineering Workshop instructs builders on safe, energy efficient processes piping systems for pools, spas and waterfeatures.
Who Should Attend?
Builders: Get the fundamentals to build pool and spa systems that perform efficiently and meet industry standards.
Designers: Understand the basics of water flow to create visually compelling and technically sound waterscapes.
Contractors: Equip yourself with essential hydraulic knowledge to ensure your projects are built to last and pass inspection.
Service and Maintenance Professionals: Learn how water systems work from the inside out to diagnose issues faster and maintain performance.
Architects: Gain the fluid knowledge needed to integrate water features seamlessly and safely into your architectural designs.
Landscape Architects: Learn how to design stunning, functional water elements that work beautifully with the surrounding landscape.
Learn from expert instructors
David Peterson
Peterson is President/CEO of Watershape Consulting, Inc., an international planning, design and engineering firm providing owners, architects, contractors, and the legal profession with services relating to residential, commercial and institutional pools, spas and water features.
He obtained his B.S. Civil Engineering at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and is a registered engineer in several states. Peterson has been in the watershape industry since 1994 when he began his career designing life support systems for large aquariums and marine mammal exhibits. He was Vice President Engineering at Polaris Pool Systems where he developed and patented several products.
Peterson reorganized the Genesis 3 Design Group into GENESIS® University in 2012. When GENESIS merged with the National Swimming Pool Foundation (NSPF) in 2016, Peterson became Director of Education for GENESIS, a position he held until forming Watershape University.
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