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September 2023

Visible temperatures

2023-08-31T12:23:15+01:00

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 [...]

Visible temperatures2023-08-31T12:23:15+01:00

Hidden water

2023-08-31T12:19:27+01:00

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 [...]

Hidden water2023-08-31T12:19:27+01:00

Caterpillars in the water

2023-08-31T12:21:49+01:00

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 [...]

Caterpillars in the water2023-08-31T12:21:49+01:00

August 2023

PB.22.000

2023-08-01T14:09:21+01:00

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 [...]

PB.22.0002023-08-01T14:09:21+01:00

Contractor

2023-08-01T14:09:03+01:00

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 [...]

Contractor2023-08-01T14:09:03+01:00

Biopool at Vila Rachel

2023-08-01T14:08:21+01:00

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, [...]

Biopool at Vila Rachel2023-08-01T14:08:21+01:00

July 2023

Gray or green?

2023-07-01T10:33:20+01:00

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. [...]

Gray or green?2023-07-01T10:33:20+01:00

Water vole

2023-07-01T13:33:57+01:00

The water vole (Arvicula sapidus) is not a rat. It looks more like a small beaver than a mouse and actually behaves like one. Water voles have rounder noses than voles, dark brown fur, chubby faces and short, fluffy ears, unlike voles, their tails, paws and ears are covered with fur. The problem is finding [...]

Water vole2023-07-01T13:33:57+01:00

Holiday with swimming pond

2023-07-01T10:03:50+01:00

With the arrival of summer, we are already thinking about vacations. Where are we going to spend the summer? In Portugal there are many beautiful beaches, so the choice is already difficult. And in addition there are many river beaches. An even lesser known offer are the biological swimming pools in tourist accommodation. However, [...]

Holiday with swimming pond2023-07-01T10:03:50+01:00

June 2023

Pure lightness

2023-06-01T11:17:34+01:00

Increasing temperatures fill us with joy because they manage to turn the water warm again. Now we can finally practice what we love to do next to the biological pool - having a swim! Swimming in the biological pool will continue all summer, we go to the water many times without counting. But what [...]

Pure lightness2023-06-01T11:17:34+01:00
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