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Nowadays, the design of a biological pool can be very similar to a conventional pool. I does not have to remind you on a pond of plants. In English-speaking countries there is a special expression for this type of biological pool: natural pool or natural swimming pool. The shape can be even very architectural, [...]
This very beautiful flowering delicate plant is called bladderwort or Utricularia. It is an unusual plant on the large species list for biological pools. A floating plant that never has roots is usually not very suitable for use in a biological pool because it could appear in the bathing area. But in certain biological pool [...]
IOB's PONDY AWARD (International Organization for Natural Bathing Water) is the prestigious design award for bio-treated pools. Every two years, participants in the international congress on pools with biological treatment choose the best projects in four categories: public, tourist swimming pools, biopools, and biologically treated private swimming pools. In each category three projects are [...]
As part of the course in civil construction at Gustave Eiffel Professional School in Lisbon, this model of an eco-house was born. The author of the work, Tomás Couto, is a student of this professional school and focused on his work to show the most sustainable and ecological practices. Because "thinking green is thinking [...]
The public biological pool at Borden Park in Edmonton, Canada recently received the prestigious award for architectural innovation from the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada. Congratulations to our colleagues and friends of the company Polyplan, GmbH in Germany, who designed this public pool with biological treatment. The architects of the gh3 company, Toronto, supervised [...]
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 [...]
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