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Organic Pond Prices

Texas Natural Swimming Pond Prices

All prices below for NSP’s will be ballpark only. When all stock photos are replaced with ponds I built. Prices will go up 30%. Prices do not include landscaping, outdoor lighting, bridges, ect. NSP’s will be turn key and will come with all pumps, underlayment, liner, pipe, stone, gravel and first treatment. You will be able to jump in the day I finish. Prices will vary on what size rocks are used, what size waterfalls you want, how deep you want to go and where the NSP will be located

Getting more for your pond. ( Mikes pond )

Your budget

I’m excited to see you made it to this page. Your budget dictates what we can build for you. There are so many cool things that can be done to natural swimming ponds like sand beaches to jump docks or rocks. Lazy rivers can also be added to any existing pond. You nay even want in island in the middle of the pond with a fire pit. Your imagination can go anywhere but anywhere has a price. With the smallest swim ponds starting at $55,000 and going upto $200,000 with waterfalls and 70x25 swim zone. 

Texas Natural Swimming Ponds

Pam’s 20 x 20 natural pond

Starting at $45,000.00 and up

We call this one inner tube paradise
Dig test is mandatory before excavation! Dial #311


This NSP will include excavation and haul off.  We will need access to the yard with machinery. This pond comes with a 30 foot by 30 foot liner for swim area, up to 20 feet of stream and a mechanical biofilter system. Max depth of this pond is 4 feet deep. This NSP will also include all other equipment to turn key the Swimming pond.

Jump dock for Natural Swimming Ponds

Pams 30x40 liner swim pond with wetland filter/skimmer

Starting at $65,000.00 and up

Dig test is mandatory before excavation! Dial #311


This NSP will include excavation and haul off. We will need access to the yard with machinery. This pond comes with a 30 foot by 40 foot liner for swim area, it comes with a 20 foot by 20 foot liner for the wetland filter. This NSP will also include all other equipment to turn key the Swimming pond this would be an upgrade from pams pond #1. This pond will look like above pond but bigger.

Natural swimming pond whimberly texas

Marks 40x50 liner swim pond with wetland filter/skimmer

Starting at $65,000.00 and up

Dig test is mandatory before excavation! Dial #311


This NSP will include excavation and haul off.  We will need access to the yard with machinery. This pond comes with a 40 foot by 50 foot liner for swim area, it comes with a 20 foot by 20 foot liner for the wetland filter. This NSP will also include all other equipment to turn key the Swimming pond. This would have been less but it has upgraded waterfalls and duel skimmers along with a massive jump rock. I built this for a landscape company.

Natural swimming pond 6 months old

Mike & Elaine’s Natural Swimming Pond

Starting at $65,000.00 and up

This pond came complete with 2 8000 gallon remote controlled pumps. We installed both a jump rock as well a jump dock into a 5 foot deep Swimming zone. The natural swimming pond also comes with a wetland filter. Everything was included in this price from plants to outdoor lighting. 

Lazy river installation Austin Texas

Lazy river (stock photo)

Starting 120k

Are you just in the mood to get in and chill. Let this lazy river take you around and around.This can be upgraded with landscape and waterfall. To add to the excitement we can install lighting and fog makers as well as misters and Bluetooth landscape speakers. Travel around this 5 to 6 foot wide river 2 1/2 to 3 feet deep with waterfalls. A massive jet pushing up to an 2400 GPM all around the river, pushing you from start to finish over and over. The pump is variable speed and remote controlled.

Large natural swimming pond installation

Rick and Lisa’s front yard oasis

Starting at $165,000.00 and up

This one is a monster swim pond. This pond includes a 50 x30 swim area 7 feet deep to 3 foot shallows. Surrounded by Lillie’s and bog plants on both sides. Extras on this pond were 15 feet of pond steppers, upgraded waterfalls using boulders and a double wetland filter. This pond is powered by 2 10000 gph pumps and   a deep end aerator with duel diffusers. The landscape and driftwood package was also added. The basic lighting was added to this beautiful pond along with low watt Bluetooth speaker

Natural swimming pond installed bee caves texas

Bruce & Barbara back yard get away

Starting at $85,000.00 and up

This is a 65x40 liner a long with a 20x25 liner for the wetland filter. This comes with 3 different sets of waterfalls for different moods. The largest waterfall is set against some boulders you can relax on with the main waterfall flowing over your shoulders. This one is 5 1/2 feet deep with a swim zone of 30 feet and 12 feet of shallows for the grandchildren. This also comes with a jump dock, landscape and underwater lights. This swim pond was nestled in the woods so landscape was not need.

Natural swimming pond round rock texas

Patrick & Christina swim pond

$165,000.00

This massive 75 ton swimming pond comes with all the bells and whistles. It includes a 6 foot deep end and a 4 foot shallow with a sand play area for the kids. It also comes with jet and a stand alone waterfall in addition to the wetland filter. Liner size was 70x50 and we used every inch of it. Flagstone staircase enters this pond from the walkway that connects to the back porch. 

 Natural swimming pond San saba texas

San Saba swimming pond

$120,000.00

This 48x20 swim area is perfect for cannon balls and laps. It comes with an entry beach and a waterfall lounge area. A massive 2000 jump rock invites you to take the plunge. This design comes with a wetland filter and intake bay with a 20 foot river of waterfalls. Giant boulders ranging from 200 lb to 2000 lbs fill the entire swim pond. With over 72 tons of rock this is a magical paradise. 

The new lake Travis

$500,000

This fully interactive natural swim ponds comes with the outdoor kitchen. This swim pond stretches 85 feet in length and 22 feet wide in most parts. This is 5.5 feet deep and as shallow as 3.5 feet with a sitting area. A grand staircase in the center exit up to the outdoor kitchen. This one came with a double wetland filter and had to be built backwards out of the pond. We also built a cool hobbit house out in the woods.


European Natural Swimming Ponds

European swim ponds are built a little different than the Texas edition. ENSP will have a regeneration zone that surrounds the swim zone. These ponds also come with a jump dock. Just because the look mimics the European style it will still be built with local rocks underneath the water. This style does not come with waterfalls and is mostly powered by air bubbles. We still include a water pump to power the wetland filter. The skimmer zone will be located under the dock

European Natural Swimming Ponds

40x30 liner swim pond with wetland filter/skimmer ( stock photo )

Starting at $55,000.00

Dig test is mandatory before excavation! Dial #311. This natural swimming pond “NSP“will include excavation and haul off.  We will need access to the yard with machinery. This pond comes with a 40 foot by 30 foot liner for swim area., the regeneration plant zone is also included in this liner size. This NSP will also include all other equipment to t

50x70liner swim pond with wetland filter/skimmer ( stock photo )

Starting at $130,000.00

Dig test is mandatory before excavation! Dial #311


This NSP will include excavation and haul off. We will need access to the yard with machinery. This pond comes with a 50 foot by 70 foot liner for swim area., the regeneration plant zone is also included in this liner size. This NSP will also include all other equipment to turn key the Swimming pond. Concrete wall under the liner.

Natural swimming pond

50x100 liner swim pond with wetland filter/skimmer ( stock photo )

Starting at $165,000.00

Dig test is mandatory before excavation! Dial #311. This NSP will include excavation and haul off. We will need access to the yard with machinery. This pond comes with a 50 foot by 100 foot liner for swim area., the regeneration plant zone is also included in this liner size. This NSP will require upgraded wetland filter and upgrade plant package.

Robert & Lauren’s Natural Swimming Pond

Starting at $85,000.00 and up

This was a monster job with a massive 1600 square foot water surface. This pond came with a small landscape and a small outdoor lighting package. This is powered by 2 8000 remote controlled pumps along with many air stones to add circulation to this 6 foot deep swimming hole. Most rocked used are under water and weight 700 pounds a piece. We call this the Texas European Swimming Pond. This job came with all the pond plants as well as he 4x8 jump dock. The 20x20 wetland filter also was included

Natural swimming pond installation Jonestown Texas

The Jonestown swim pond

Starting at $95,000.00 and up

This is another monster pond build with the measurements of 60 x30 with a 15 x8 bog and a 30 x6 river with waterfalls. His is powered by 2 - 7500 gph pumps and a 5000 gallon air pump. This swimming pond is the base model 60x30 for $65,000 but has an upgraded wetland filter along with a 30 foot plus river and waterfalls. This also came with a 4x10 jump dock and many different edge boulders . This has a small pea gravel beach with massive steps leading into the pond.  More details in the blog.

The big baller #2

$450,000

This was a team Aquascape build. The customer wanted to spare no expense. No small rocks on this build. Includes 2 wetland filters, a reverse wetland filter mini lazy river and deep swim pond with patios and fire pit.


https://youtu.be/Tej0QEeKQQg


The big baller #3

$500,000

There is way too much to describe. Watch the video for this build.


https://youtu.be/l0k47uOwvPA

 

I won the lottery pond

$1,000,000

Of course I didn’t build this. But can I yes.


This video is a must see even if it is way out of your budget.


https://youtu.be/UXd35kX-SPI

Swimming pool to natural pond conversion

Swimming pool to natural swim pond conversion

Ed and Micheline’s Starting at $40,000

So it can be done. Are you tired of chlorine and salts in your pool? We can convert to a natural swim pond. This was an infinity pool converted into a natural swim pond . The customers can swim or fish in this pond. 

We can add landscape, outdoor lighting, rope fences, decks & docks, patios and pergolas. Your imagination will dictate the budgets and I’m the king of stretching budgets. I will give you the most I can possibly give you without building your pond for free. Replacing 2 man boulders with large machine movable rock will increase the price and labor but will shorten the build time. (Fence repair is additional cost)( Sprinkler system repair or reroute is an additional cost)(Replacing Sod from machines will be an additional cost)

Pond add ons

Adding Options

Make your pond come to life.

Under water lighting package

$2995

Includes 10 under water lights, all wiring and connections along with the transformer. Or our beginner package of  3 underwater lights and a 1 waterfall light and small transformer for $799.00. 10 % off if paired with landscape lighting.

Landscape lighting

$2500

This package includes 7 landscape ground lights and 4 up lights for trees as well as 2 bluetooth speakers. This is a low end starter package. High end lighting packages are also available but the price also changes to high end as well, but come with a lifetime warranty. Beginner package 4 trail spot landscape lights 1 up light plus transformer $1099.00  ( discount applied if landscape and water lighting is combined). 10% off if paired with underwater package.

Landscape package

$5000.00 and up

This package will include 100 plants ranging from 1 to 3 gallon sizes. This will include annuals and perennials as well as grasses and ground covers. This package will also include some form of driftwood or stump. Addition cedar stumps or logs can be purchased for additional cost. Mulch will cover 4 feet from ponds edge.  $100 each  addition yard. 10% off if paired with underwater lighting package & landscape package. Recommended spending at least 10% of swim pond price for landscape package.

Wireless Bluetooth sound system

$6000.00

This system comes with two speaker's. These speakers three-way design includes a 5" dual-chamber, band-pass subwoofer, a 4" woofer, and a .75" tweeter all in one small unit. This system also comes with a Bluetooth amplifier and receive and the housing for the receiver. Installation and wiring is included, speakers are buried under ground only mid range and tweeters are visibl.

Adding aquatic plants

$2950

This will include 10 hardy pond Lillie’s (your color choice of flower) and 30 marginal plants (bog plants). This package will also come with the pots and fertilizer for a year. Or double up and we will include 20 Lillie’s and 100 bog plants for $5000.00 that is 10 more lilies and 70 more aquatic plants than original package. Lilly pads are only available spring, summer, and early fall.

Pond jet system

$2000

Adding 6 jet or water moving system to eliminate dead zones in the pond. 

10 x10 sand beach

$2200 and up

Do you want the sand box entrance. Add an easy way to get in an out with a sandy beach. Sand beach around 1.5 to 2 feet deep. External pump is necessary for sand beaches.

Upgrading to external pumps

$3500 per pump

Some customers that don’t like turn off waterfalls so we offer external pump upgrades. Submersible pumps are totally fine. We just recommend swimming when they are turn off. When you are done swimming turn them back on. The $3500 upgrade will include all the extra plumbing and concrete pad the pumps will sit on. This upgrade is for standard or basic ponds. Deluxe and premium ponds already come with external pumps.

French drains

$20 a foot

Some ponds may be built on flat ground and may need to add  some type of drainage to catch rain water. This normally only needs to happen on large lots of land. The smaller ponds in neighborhood backyards don’t usually need this.

Pond Skimmers

$3500.00

Adding an additIonal pond skimmer package is an upgrade that can be added for $3500 includes the pump and plumbing. All ponds come with an intake bay or reverse wetland filter. This upgrade will add two additional pond skimmers that fluctuates with pond water level. 

Border pond rocks

$25

In the European type style of ponds sometimes the gravel will slide down and have to be moved back in place. We can upgrade the edges with concrete rocks around the edge for $25.00 a foot. Rocks will be 8 inch by 8 inch. Larger rocks can be used but the price will be more.

Badu swim in place duel jet with massage

$10,000.00

This product requires a minimum natural swim pond size of 20 x15. This is also a 240 volt set up. Pumps have to be located within 30 feet of jet system


Upgrade your project

Making your pond more majestic

Adding length to your stream

$900 per foot

This will include liner, underlayment and stone as well as gravel. We do offer discounts over ten feet of additional stream.

Adding waterfall height

$1500 per foot

Adding height to a waterfall includes dirt, rock liner and underlayment. To achieve height we will also have to increase length to get to desired height.


Bottom aeration

$1200

All our ponds come with a basic air pump and stone to help aerate dead zones. For the customers that want massive bottom aeration we can upgrade to a larger setup for an additional $800.00. Aeration is key to making swimming pond healthy. Moving water from deep end up will keep the pond cooler and aerate the stagnant water below 4 feet.

Pond edge steppers / jump rock

Starting at $795

$795.00 will give you one large rock 4 feet in width to get close to the edge of the pond to interact with the pond.

$1900.00 will give 8 feet of edge steppers.

$2900.00 will give 12 feet of edge steppers.

Wetland filter

$12500.

All swimming ponds come with a wetland filter. The wetland filter we install will cover up 15000 Gallons. This is included in the price. Some customers would like a much bigger swimming pond so an additional expansion of the wetland filter will be necessary for ponds from 15000 gallons to 30000 gallons. All wetland filters come with a snorkel, centipede and aqua blocks. Ponds that are built European style don’t need to have a large wetland, because there are plants on the sides of the pond.

Flagstone and gravel bottom

Starting at $2900.00 and up

This will cover the bottom of the pond from side to side. This upgrade is only available for full rocked ponds. 

Every water feature is different and all pricing above are not carved in Stone. Different factors cause fluctuations in prices. Sometimes these are not found until we break ground. Liners come in 30 and 50 foot widths and we can only build inside those limits. Most streams and rivers use a 10 foot wide liner, our prices reflect those limits. Larger rivers and waterfalls are possible. Custom pricing is available.

What do you really want in your swim pond

Additional Information

Your pond is your dream, I’m here to make it a reality. In the real world everything comes with a price. Even though Picasso paintings look like crap they still sell for millions. We are not saying you have to spend a million but everything we add has a price tag. We will be offering 3 bids per pond. One will be the standard or basic. It will be a functional swim pond without the bells and whistles. There will also be the deluxe swim pond. This will include the standard pond with aquatic and landscape plants, it will also include basic pond lighting as well as landscape lighting. Then there will be the premium swim pond which will include every from the first 2 plus additional lighting, additional landscape, rocks that line the whole pond.

Standard ponds normally come with submersible pumps. Which means you need to turn off the waterfalls before swimming. Submersible pumps are great for all aspects of the pond except for the fact you are putting electricity into a body of water. So for your safety you just need to turn off the pumps when you swim and turn them back on when you get out.

Deluxe and premium pond will come with external pumps which mean you can swim with the pumps and waterfalls running full blast. With deluxe and premium ponds you can have a sand beach entrance. Sand and submersible pumps don’t mix so basic ponds get pea gravel beaches.

There are many factors that come into play when building your pond. What is your soil like, will concrete walls need to be installed. We want to work with your budget and we can give you something for what you have to pay. But all good things need to come to an end. We can’t keep adding things that were not part of the original design for free. I can nickel and dime my self to death building these Swim ponds because they are so exciting.


So in final we have to consider everything involved and work that into your budget. If a French drain needs to be installed around your pond to prevent water from going in. Then that is extra or the pond can be made smaller to accommodate this upgrade. If you are wanting to add extra rock around the edges to prevent gravel from sliding into the pond then that is extra or we can make the pond smaller to accommodate this upgrade.


Here in Austin a typical concrete pool 20 feet long and about 13 feet wide will run around $60,000.00 in perspective with that price you can get the basic pond for also $60,000.00 but it will be around 30 feet long and 20 feet wide.

There are two types of styles we offer, the Texas swim pond or the European swim pond. Both are really cool but the Texas swim pond doesn’t have 8 foot gravel sides so additional wetland filters need to be added. The European style just need the standard wetland filter be it also has 4 sides of gravel beds for aquatic planting.


We work with all types of budgets so there is something for everyone.



Natural swimming pond

This swim pond come with a double wetland filter because it doesn’t have the large aquatic planting 

Other things to consider.

Other miscellaneous charges

and add ons

Job commute

Will negotiate on distance.

We don’t mind working all over central Texas but we travel home every day. 

Daily commute estimate prices. Needs to be paid weekly.

Project must meet minimum requirements for travel.

Austin no commute charges.

San Antonio $200.00

Divine $300.00
Bulverde $200.00

Canyon lake $150.00
Falls city / Karnes city $250.00

Bryan/College Station $200.00

Waco $175.00

San Saba $330.00

Solid rock dig

$550 daily

If we start digging the hole and come across bedrock and can’t dig further without the use of a jackhammer, then we will add the additional $550 daily for the rental of the machine. This will not be a hand jackhammer but a Bobcat machine attachment.

Haul offs

$350.00 per truck

Customers that have land and can reuse the dirt for the project will not be charged this price. These charges normally occur on in town builds. Dump trucks can range for 8 truck load to 16 truck loads.

Rocking the interior walls

Will discuss with project.

Interior walls can be rocked from the bottom of the pond floor. The price varies on how big of stones are to be used. This could range from $16,000.00 to $50,000.00 or more. Typically we use Oklahoma moss rock and Colorado boulders. Limestone is not the preferred rock unless it is blue weathered. White limestone will make any pond pea green soup very quickly. For ponds that would like extra reinforced wall we also offer concrete walls before the underlayment for $20.00 a square foot.

Masonry and irrigation

Will negotiate for project

Sometimes customers want that formal type look. That is not a problem, we can make it look fabulous with decorative building block and patio stones. Our masonry crew are also irrigation qualified. We can tie into existing system or add a whole new system to your landscape. 

Rocks on your property

Will negotiate

Many properties already have rock on their property from previous construction or projects. We don’t mind using any or all of what you have. Just because we don’t buy it does mean we install it for free. 

All inclusive

$

Everything you add to the pond will determine the pond size. It is real important to determine your budget cost in the beginning. Realize adding just $5000.00 to $10000.00 on your budget will cover almost all the extras without sacrificing the size.

Pipe sizing

$ will discuss with design

We only use schedule 40 pvc.

2 inch pipe can handle pumps up to 7500 GPH

2.5 inch can handle pumps up to 11,000 GPH

3 inch can handle pumps up to 16,000 GPH

We want your business and will beat competitors pricing. I know of other companies that charge almost double for the same thing. At the end of the day it is not always about the money. We will work with you to give you the most Splash for your Cash


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