Pool Water Features Cost: Blades, Walls, Jets and Power

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How much do pool water features cost? At Australian retailers on 22 October 2026 a 316 stainless spillway blade cost $215 (600 mm) to $639.50 (1,500 mm), a water wall kit with pump $599.95–$1,080 and a 4-pack of deck jets $412.16–$1,125.41. A dedicated 740 W pump run 2 hours a day adds $151–$226 a year.

The short answer

Spillway blades, 316 stainless: $215 (600 mm) to $639.50 (1,500 mm) on sale at one online water-feature retailer; acrylic blades $215–$527.50.
Water wall kits with a pump: $599.95–$1,080 for a projecting curtain, $429–$749 for a cascade wall-wash, 600–1,500 mm wide.
Deck jets: $412.16 or $1,125.41 for four at one pool equipment retailer; a single laminar jet $1,635.71. We found no Australian online price for pool spouts or bubblers.
The flow-per-metre rule: a projecting curtain needs 230 L/min per metre of spillway, so a 1,200 mm blade needs 276 L/min, about 16.6 m³ an hour; a wall-wash needs 50–60 L/min per metre.
Power: a 740 W dedicated pump run 2 hours a day uses 540 kWh, $151.12–$226.40 a year at the 2026–27 default market offer rates; a 1,600 W pump $326.74–$489.51.

Pool water feature prices by type at three Australian online retailers, retailer-published, read 22 October 2026 (equipment only, prices as displayed; installation, walls and plumbing extra)
Feature type	Retailer-published price	Retailer	What the price does not include
Spillway blade (sheer descent), 316 stainless for pools	600 mm $215.00; 900 mm $289.00; 1,200 mm $468.50; 1,500 mm $639.50 (sale prices; listed at $299–$699)	Online water-feature retailer	Blade only: add pump, plumbing and the wall
Spillway blade, acrylic	600 mm $215.00–$269.00; 900 mm $229.50–$386.50; 1,200 mm $278.50–$527.50; 1,500 mm $415.95	Same retailer; a second retailer lists one 600 mm model at $250.00 against $269.00	Described as suitable for pools and ponds
Water wall kit, 316 blade + pump + hose, projecting curtain	600 mm $599.95; 900 mm $659.95; 1,200 mm $935.00; 1,500 mm $1,080.00	Online water-feature retailer	Kit pump; the wall and trough or pool tie-in are extra
Water wall kit, 316, cascade wall-wash effect	600 mm $429.00; 900 mm $479.00; 1,200 mm $649.95; 1,500 mm $749.00	Same retailer	Kit pump included; needs about a quarter of the curtain flow
Deck jets (arcing jets from the coping)	4-packs $412.16 and $1,125.41; 4 mini jets $2,057.01	Online pool equipment retailer	Plumbing and installation extra
Laminar jet (lit glass-rod arc)	$1,635.71 each	Same retailer	Plumbing and lighting power extra
Wall spout or scupper; floor bubbler	No Australian online retailer price found on 22 October 2026	—	Ask for it as a priced line item in the quote

How much do pool water features cost?

The part you can buy is the cheap part. On 22 October 2026 a 600 mm marine-grade (316) stainless spillway blade cost $215 on sale at one online water-feature retailer, and a 1,500 mm blade $639.50. The same retailer’s water wall kits, with a blade, pump and hose, ran $599.95 to $1,080. One pool equipment retailer listed deck jets at $412.16 and $1,125.41 for four, and a single laminar jet at $1,635.71. The table above has every size we read.

What those prices leave out is what drives a pool quote: the wall the blade sits in, the plumbing back to the pool, a pump to drive it, and the electrician. We found no published Australian installed price, so ask for the feature as an itemised line. The equipment-first rule: price the feature’s pump and plumbing before the blade, because on these retail prices the blade is often the smallest line.

The same retailer sells 304-grade stainless kits labelled for fresh water and 316 or acrylic spillways in its swimming-pool range. Around chlorinated or salt water, ask for 316 or acrylic.

How much water does a pool water blade need?

The retailer’s 316 blade page publishes the rule: a cascade or wall-wash effect needs at least 50–60 litres a minute per metre of spillway, and a projecting curtain needs at least 230 litres a minute per metre, with the spillway no higher than 900 mm above the water. Worked out by width:

Spillway width	Projecting curtain, 230 L/min per metre	Wall-wash, 50–60 L/min per metre
600 mm	138 L/min (8.28 m³/h)	30–36 L/min
900 mm	207 L/min (12.42 m³/h)	45–54 L/min
1,200 mm	276 L/min (16.56 m³/h)	60–72 L/min
1,500 mm	345 L/min (20.70 m³/h)	75–90 L/min

The flow-per-metre rule: a projecting water curtain needs about four times the flow of a wall-wash on the same blade, so every extra 300 mm of curtain adds 69 litres a minute the pump must find. A 1,200 mm curtain at 276 L/min is about 16.6 cubic metres an hour, against the flow of up to 24 m³ an hour that one retailer’s listing gives for a 1.0 hp pool pump, which is why a wide curtain usually needs a pump of its own. What a pool pump costs has the replacement prices.

How much does a pool water feature cost to run?

A feature running off the filter pump during its normal hours adds little power but takes flow from filtration. A dedicated pump adds its whole running time to the bill. At the Australian Energy Regulator’s 2026–27 default market offer flat rates, including GST, run 2 hours a day every day:

Dedicated feature pump, 2 hours a day	Energy a year	Ausgrid (NSW), 33.1372c/kWh	Energex (south-east Qld), 27.9744c/kWh	SA Power Networks, 41.9103c/kWh
1.0 hp single-speed, 740 W input ($1,244.48 at one pool equipment retailer)	540.2 kWh	$179.01 a year (25c an hour)	$151.12 a year (21c an hour)	$226.40 a year (31c an hour)
2 hp single-speed, 1,600 W input ($1,831.96 at one pool equipment retailer)	1,168.0 kWh	$387.04 a year (53c an hour)	$326.74 a year (45c an hour)	$489.51 a year (67c an hour)

A dedicated 740 W feature pump run 2 hours a day costs about $151 to $226 a year in power on the 2026–27 default offers; at 1,600 W it is $327 to $490. Running the feature only when you are outside cuts that in proportion. Water features also add evaporation and drive pH up by aeration: see how to reduce pool evaporation and what a pool pump costs to run.

Blade, wall, jets or spout: which water feature suits my pool?

A spillway blade needs a raised wall or a planter edge to sit in, and a projecting curtain needs the highest flow per metre. A water wall kit is the same idea packaged with its own pump, and suits a feature that recirculates from its own trough or the pool. Deck jets sit flush in the deck or coping and arc water into the pool, so they need no wall at all, which makes them the easiest to add on a new build. A laminar jet is a lit, glass-smooth arc and costs about four times a basic 4-pack of jets.

Wall spouts, scuppers and floor or sun-shelf bubblers are common in pool designs, but we found no Australian online retailer listing them on 22 October 2026, so their price is whatever your builder quotes. Pool designs in Australia and pool landscaping ideas show where each type is used.

Adding a water feature to a new pool quote

A water feature is easiest and cheapest to plumb before the concrete or paving goes down. Ask each builder to list the feature, the pump that drives it with its input watts, the pipe runs, and any wall or lighting as separate lines, then compare free pool quotes on the same specification. Prime cost items in a pool contract explains how an unpriced allowance can grow.

Builders are listed for Brisbane, the Gold Coast, Sydney and Adelaide.

Common questions

How much does a pool water blade cost?

A 316 stainless spillway blade cost $215 (600 mm) to $639.50 (1,500 mm) on sale at one online water-feature retailer on 22 October 2026, and acrylic blades $215–$527.50. Installation, pump and wall are extra.

How much does a pool water wall cost?

Water wall kits with a 316 blade, pump and hose cost $599.95–$1,080 for a projecting curtain and $429–$749 for a cascade wall-wash at one retailer. Building the wall is extra and unpublished.

How much does it cost to run a pool water feature?

A dedicated 740 W pump run 2 hours a day uses 540 kWh a year: $151.12–$226.40 at the 2026–27 flat rates in the AER’s default market offer determination for Energex, Ausgrid and SA Power Networks.

How much flow does a sheer descent need?

One retailer publishes 230 L/min per metre for a projecting curtain and 50–60 L/min per metre for a wall-wash. A 600 mm curtain needs about 138 L/min.

Can a water feature run off my pool pump?

Small features may: the deck jets we read are sold as needing minimal water flow. A wide curtain needs 207–345 L/min at 900–1,500 mm on one retailer’s rule, which takes flow from filtration, so it usually gets a dedicated pump.

Sources

General information only, current at 2026-10-22. Pool rules differ by state and by council, and penalty amounts are updated regularly. Confirm your own obligations with your council or a registered inspector before acting.