Image courtesy of The Astana Times
Magic curtains, colored lights and water that moves to the rhythm of music. Water jets that shoot up into the sky with the power of a natural geyser. Blasts of flames and amazing shafts of light. The innovative technology behind the fountains in Astana (Kazakhstan) is just one of the latest advances in the complex that staged the 2017 Expo on the future of energy.
This exhibit, devoted to the most innovative technology, attracted four million visitors who were greeted by a monumental fountain designed by Fluidra & Aqua Engineering that danced to magical music. Just a few technical details will give an idea of its monumental size: a surface area of 2,630 m2, a water volume of 1,618 m3, 12 kilometers of power cables and a network of 8 kilometers of piping. What’s more, it's almost unlimited combinations of light and color, and a total of 200 lights can create 16 million colors!
That’s not all! This magic fountain has a number of jets: vertical, dancing and rocket jets that shoot out the water an explosive 30 meters from the ground. AstralPool has even included a completely safe device able to shoot colored flames into the air alongside the water. A unique customized set-up designed with a groundbreaking filtration, disinfection and software control system
Fluidra Kazakhstan supplied the necessary equipment for these two fountains installed by Aqua Engineering: a dry-deck fountain (funsquare) with circular pedestrian crossing areas and the watershow-type fountain with different water effects.
