Lazy River. At one-tenth the running cost of a pump installation.
HydroStar PRO — the BGA 600 and BGA 1200 — is the commercial end of the BINDER line. Space one every 8 to 10 metres along your lazy-river course, and the entire waterway is driven by turbines instead of 15 kW pumps. The documented electricity cost for 100 days of operation: around €600, versus around €6,000 for a comparable pump installation. The same system runs through winter, with no seasonal removal and no frost-sensitive pipework.
The running cost is the difference.
Electricity cost over 100 days of operation. HydroStar PRO turbines vs a comparable 15 kW pump installation. Source: BINDER engineering.
Energy reduction vs equivalent pump systems.
Winter removal steps. No frost-sensitive pipework. The system overwinters in place.
One turbine every 8 to 10 metres.
The installation pattern for a BINDER-driven lazy river is straightforward: one HydroStar PRO turbine every 8 to 10 metres along the course of the waterway, each sitting in a wall-integrated installation shaft with a flow-optimised outlet plate. Outlet plates are factory-customised for the specific waterway geometry — the plate direction and shape determine the overall flow path. Control cabinets live in a dry, ventilated plant room. The electrical and structural work is genuinely modest compared to a pump-driven equivalent.
A pump room you don't have to build.
Energy.
A pump-driven lazy river at this scale typically uses 15 kW pumps. A turbine-driven equivalent uses fractional-kW turbines spaced along the course. Running cost drops by roughly 90% — not a marketing approximation, the documented ratio in BINDER engineering material.
Plant room.
A dry control room, not a wet plant room. No large pump enclosures, no high-voltage connection, no specialised ventilation.
Seasonality.
Nothing to drain, nothing to remove, nothing to winterise. Frost-proof by construction.
Maintenance.
Brushless DC motors with maintenance-free sliding bearings. Serviced by BINDER with original parts under warranty.
How a commercial project works with us.
We work with the architect, pool builder and MEP engineer to specify the number and placement of PRO turbines, the outlet plate geometry, the control topology and the electrical requirements. BINDER manufactures and ships. The pool builder does the waterway and the installation shafts. Our installer commissions the system. You get a single point of accountability for the turbine side and a documented warranty on every unit.
Typical commercial contexts.
- Hotel and resort lazy rivers
- Wellness and spa facilities
- Rehabilitation and hydrotherapy pools
- Fitness facility training lanes
- Public pools requiring documented energy performance