For more than two decades there have been biological pools in Portugal. Not surprisingly, some of the older ones deserve a new face or any kind of rejuvenation. Even if the biological treatment system works well, there may be reasons for rigorous pruning of plants, creating a new entrance or different access, a waterfront [...]

There are frogs everywhere! Little frogs, even very small frogs still with a little tail, remnant of the time of her previous aquatic life as a tadpole. Late summer is the time for the next generation of frogs and there are people who think that the population of frogs in a biological pool will [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]