Originally Posted by
Bill Jobe
That's just a small niche where a rubber liner is used. It is used by roofing companies who furnish liner roof material for buildings with flat roofs, mostly businesses. Most koi ponds are made by simply digging the desired depth and shape and use 45mil rubber, although a growing number of those with deeper pockets are turning to blown in concrete and various spray on materials.
EDPM is a relatively inexspencive way for a wider number of koikeeperss to build larger ponds. Koi require very large amounts of water per fish to thrive rather than to simply survive. A large number of koi are sold to those who throw a small precast plastic pond in a hole and results are koi that hardly get any bigger than the day they were thrown in.