Canyon,

Thank you for the response. Sorry for the complex diagrams (I can't help it - Its the engineer in me). To answer your questions:
- goals - clean swimming water with minimal chemicals and a nice view.
- budget - as much as my wife will allow (so that means a very limited budget for me, but I am excited to do a lot of work myself)
-consultant - I wasn't planning on working with a consultant. Just planning on learning all I can and applying it to my design.