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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 [...]
In biological pools, planting follows certain rules, to guarantee a successful project. First of all, in our projects only native species of regional distribution are used. As well of the same importance, these species are produced by a specialized nursery, from a well-trained team, which produces the plants exclusively for the purpose of being [...]
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 [...]
There is a rule that respects animal species in biological pools. Those who come by their own means have the right to stay and live in the new artificial ecosystem. This rule applies to dragonflies, newts, frogs and more, even to terrapins, as long as they are native species. There is an exception to [...]
On these days the sky turned yellow and the landscapes of Portugal looked like paintings in sepia. What happened? A large cloud of dust moved from Sahara Desert in North Africa to Europe, driven by strong winds from the South quadrant. A known meteorological phenomenon, which happens with some regularity, but this time it [...]
Biological pools allow direct contact with nature. Once bathers share the same water with other living beings that inhabit it. There are many possibilities to get in closer contact with animal life, for those who want to. From the microscopic beings important for water biofiltration, to the aquatic snails that clean biofilm surfaces, to [...]
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