Taking showers before taking a bath in the pool is absolutely necessary. Whoever refuses to use the shower before entering the pool contributes significantly to the contamination of the water and the consequences of hygiene problems. Based on information from an article in the Science section of the German magazine DER SPIEGEL, a non-negligible [...]
We are proud to announce that IUCN is considering natural swimming ponds as Nature-based solution. The International Union for Conservation of Nature IUCN is a membership Union uniquely composed of both government and civil society organisations. It provides public, private and non-governmental organisations with the knowledge and tools that enable human progress, economic development [...]
Already know that a natural swimming pool can cost less than a conventional pool with tiles and machine house? Our only pre-configured biological pool is called PB.15.000 and has a total area of about 130 m2 with a bathing area of approximately 45 m2. It costs only 15,000 Euro plus VAT, all inclusive, minus [...]
Chão do Rio – village tourism with swimming pond - was winner in the Environmental Sustainability category of the 2019 AHRESP awards. AHRESP, Associação da Hotelaria, Restauração e Similares de Portugal, is the portuguese association of hotels and restaurants. When she took the stage to receive the distinction, the entrepreneur Catarina Vieira took the [...]
The costs for the European society are striking: € 12 billions in damage caused annually by invasive species to the European Union, not counting damage to biodiversity. The Life Invasaqua project, launched last month, aims to raise awareness of the problems caused by invasive species in rivers and reservoirs in Spain and Portugal. It is [...]
Do you know the water fleas? You know they live in biological pools? But no one has ever been stung because these small aquatic crustaceans have no organ to sting. There are about 650 species described in the world and the vast majority have sizes between 0.2 and 6 mm. They live especially in [...]
The feasibility of a biological pool for public use in the area of the Várzea Park, is a subject of study and attention of the heads of the parish of Quinta do Conde. A biological pool can be an anchor project not only for Quinta da Conde but also for the whole region. It [...]
These are the little stories that happen next to a biological pool and that make this equipment so unique. Know what a strider is? Yes, you know, or you do not know looking to this picture? It's a small insect, which lives on the water surface of ponds, streams and biological pools. They are [...]
Herdade dos Adães has a motorhome park in a very different style, not to say eccentric, but composed and configured with lots of imagination accompanied with style. We also discovered a catamaran, a trawler and even a short track of real railways with some train carriages, converted into rooms. And even more wooden bungalows [...]
There is much talk about water temperature, mostly the perspective of the user: "Is the water cold?" Let's talk about water temperature as an important factor in the aquatic ecosystem. The photo shows the temperature curve of a biological pool in the Alentejo middle of February. Two characteristics are quite evident. The temperature produces [...]
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