The EU-funded PONDERFUL project is investigating how ponds (natural and artificial) can be used as nature-based solution for climate change. The project is evaluating the interaction and feedback between biodiversity, ecosystem services and climate. One knows that low nutrient ponds like natural swimming pools are harvesting CO2 due to their high amount of water [...]
The calendar summer has already arrived, summer with higher temperatures that encourage for swimming will also come, sooner or later. Time to think about holiday! Those who go to the coast are dreaming of refreshing dips in the ocean waves. Those who go to the interior looking for more naturalized bathing, know beaches on [...]
The "classic" biological pool is reminiscent of a natural lake. Here, the plant area and the bathing area form a single water table. There are many other variants. One of them we can call biopool, since it is much more resembling a conventional swimming pool. In this configuration, the bathing area can be much [...]
A skimmer is a device to clean impurities from the water surface, installed to reduce maintenance. A pump is causing a flow to an opening with a basket behind it, catching and filtering what comes with the water. Thus, impurities end up in the basket and not at the bottom of the pool. Skimmers are [...]
What is and what is not a biological pool? - This question now has an answer that is valid all over the world. Nacional associations of designers and builders of biological pools from several countries on five continents have launched the "common essentials", about what is a pool with biological treatment. The general assembly [...]
Since always it is a pleasure for the designers at Bio Piscinas, Lda to reveal the mysteries and beauty of aquatic life. The 2022 Ethnobotanical Days (Jornadas Etobotânicas) in Amendoeira da Serra, Mértola, organized by Montícola, association for sustainable development and nature conservation, was one of the last opportunities. The workshop on aquatic plants and [...]
This is the only robot designed from start directly for use in biological pools. It's not just a robot, it's much more. Due to the modular composition this device is two in one. It can be used as a hand-operated vacuum cleaner with a telescopic sweeper or vacuum the bottom of the bathing area [...]
"The planet's water resources face an unprecedented threat", says the United Nations on the occasion of the World Water Day, on March 22. "Currently, about 2.2 billion people do not have access to clean water and 4, 2 billion live without adequate sanitation. The effects of climate change are expected to increase these numbers [...]
It is an accepted fact that biological pools are habitats for amphibians and many other aquatic living beings. This photo of a caterpillar reveals that other types of animals also take advantage of these poles of biodiversity. The photo was sent by an owner of a biological pool, along with the question if this [...]
February 2nd is World Wetlands Day. This day aims to raise awareness of the protection and preservation of wetlands and underline the importance they have for the existence of life on our planet. This year is the first time that it will be celebrated as an international day of the United Nations (UN), following [...]
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