Biography- Douglas C. Hoover

Born in 1947 in Jackson Michigan
Spent 3-years in the Navy 3rd class Electricians Mate- Medical Discharge
Attained Journeyman Carpenter's Union Local 1 Chicago IL
Ass't. Service Manager Carrier Corp, Machinery & Systems Division, Chicago IL.
Designed and built the Galleon Restaurant, Hanover Mi. (Manager/Chef 2 yrs.)
Became a dealer for Durastill Water Distiller Company, Kansas City (currently active) Durastill.Net
Developed Distillation Station- installed 1st bottled water vending machine Bill's IGA, Brooklyn MI 1976
Installed Distillation Stations in 5 IGA Groceries and 2-Kroger Grocery Stores- (Distillation Station.com)
Installed Distillation Station in 6 groceries, 5 Great Earth Vitamin Stores
Wrote a weekly column called "Let's Talk Health" in The Rancho Bernardo "Sun" newspaper (2 years)
The weekly talk show, "Let's Talk Health" with Dr. David Nelson (2 years)
Designed and built the first I chain of Pony Express Pizza Restaurants in Provo. UT
Designed and built a private house (4500 sq. ft.) Murray, UT. Featured on Utah's PM Magazine TV Show
Designed and built the French Restaurant Bagatelle in LaJolla CA in Shingle Lane; built a waterfall that

flowed inside & outside the restaurant

Designed and built Pizza Joya Bistro in Shingle Lane in LaJolla on Girard Ave.
Designed and built Horton Cafe Garden Room 4th & G in Gas Lamp District, San Diego (built 16' waterfall)
Built the first Suspension Plus Service Station on Midway Ave in San Diego
1982-2007 designed and built 2000+ waterfalls/ponds and hold record/tallest man-made waterfall, Mt. Soledad, LaJolla CA 136 feet tall. (WaterFallsNaturally.com)
Work has appeared on the cover of 9 magazines- his own home's water feature in San Diego was featured in Better Homes & Gardens, 2002
2005 one of his projects won the Garden of The Year Award- San Diego Home & Garden and was featured on the front cover, "Water & Fire"
2008 Alice & I sold our house with the backyard tropical resort, donated its contents to Disabled Vets,

and bought a 40-ft. Winnebago RV, and spent the next 4 years feeding the homeless in San Diego.

2009-2011 Designed websites, Facebook pages, and SEO; produced videos for websites.
"Platinum Writer" on EzineArticles.com with over 115 published articles in 25 niches plus earned

Published two Top Seller books on Amazon/Kindle "Why Bad Things Happen To So-Called "Good People" Free download at GodsWager.com

& "Distilled Water & Health" (DistilledWaterAndHealth.com )

Awarded patents for the AquaFill (AquaFill.com), Electronic Water Level Controller, The SurvivorStill

Designed and developed "The Ultimate Training Course" teaching how to digitally design water features.

Authored book "Professional Waterfall & Pond Construction Manual" a training guide to designing and building Waterfalls & Ponds, rebar/concrete construction.
GP, CEO of Aquamedia Group Companies, Escondido CA (AquamediaCorp.com)
Licensed Ham Radio Operator (W6ZED) founder of Southern California "Emergency Amateur Radio Response System"