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Biennially, experts in planning and building biological pools meet at the International Conference of Swimming Pools with Biological Treatment. The event is organized by IOB - International Organization of Naturalized Bathing Waters. The host of this 12th edition was the national association in Belgium and the place chosen for the international meeting was the [...]
Knowledge about aquatic plants is an important basis for the work as biological pool specialists. Due to this knowledge in the area, Udo Schwarzer is part of the IUCN/SSC freshwater plant specialist group. And this scientific basis is also sought after by private and public entities to survey species and aquatic vegetation in natural [...]
One might think that ducks in the biological pool are as welcome as many other living beings. But the opposite is the case! Ducks have to be scared away from the first moment they appear. Why? - The organic load they leave in the biological pool is simply unbearable. The organic matter that leaves [...]
The photo was taken with a thermal camera, a device that records temperature differences and transforms them into an image. The image shows a biological pool during an August night. You can see the ladder with stairs. Colors represent temperature classes. Terrestrial vegetation is the coldest, in blue. On the banks you can see [...]
As designers of biological pools we have to think about water and its quality. Water is a natural resource. In Mediterranean climate, rain falls during the coldest half of the year and enriches groundwater resources. Plants help a lot with water infiltration. They are stopping the drips, and with their foliage they increase the [...]
Life in a biological pool is so diverse that it is no surprise that butterflies live there underwater. Well, they are not butterflies capable of flying because they are just the butterfly larvae with the scientific name Parapoyns stratiotata that feed on leaves of aquatic plants as shown in the photo. Those caterpillars are very [...]
In times of inflation, rising energy costs and therefore transport, it is difficult to offer products at an affordable price. Bio Piscinas, Lda. together with its partner, SHB, Lda. managed to set up a model of pre-configured biological pool, designed for single-family houses, that is, for private use, not for tourism. Called PB.22.000 this [...]
All biological pools are built by a construction company, our loyal partner for over 15 years. Over the course of this collaboration, more than 150 projects of biological swimming pools have been created in Portugal. The execution of each work, nowadays, is documented by modern means, and some of this videos can be seen [...]
Quinta Vila Rachel is located in the Ribatua Valley, near Alijó, close to the banks of the Douro River. Due to this privileged position, since the time of its foundation, the Quinta has been dedicated to the production of grapes, port wine and olive oil, through cultivation in its 30 ha of property. Nowadays, [...]
Gray and green are the colors available for the lining of biological pools. It is a noble material, produced for the purpose and certified for potable water. This is an important fact, because we have to use materials that, by guarantee, do not emit any products to the aquatic ecosystem of the biological pool. [...]
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