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Bio Piscinas, Lda. has joined the recently established Temporary Pond Landstewardship Network of the LIFE Charcos project. The LIFE Charcos Project aims to conserve a priority habitat, the Mediterranean Temporary Ponds (habitat priority 3170 * of the Habitats Directive), which is increasingly threatened due to its ecological fragility and lack of knowledge of its [...]
February 2 is the Wetlands World Day. In 2018 the global theme for this day is "Wetlands for a Sustainable Urban Future", reminding society that wetland conservation is not only a concern of environmentalists or of those who live in nature, but a concern for all of us even from the more urban population, [...]
When a biological pool already has a few years of existence, it eventually needs a pruning of a part of the underwater plants. When this was even necessary, in the third or fifth year of the existence or even later, it depends greatly on the state of development of some distinct species. Thus, the [...]
2017 was the year of awards for biological pools. The Chão do Rio - turismo de aldeia, was elected as second best rural tourism in Portugal and tourism Valle del Arroyo - casas rurales won, the second consecutive year, the first place among more than 1000 bed and breakfasts of Andalusia! In both cases [...]
»Our children need more nature and less smartphones«, with these words inaugurated Prince Juan Carlos of the Netherlands the ninth edition of the international congress on biologically treated pools in Leeuwarden, North Holland. About 200 participants from 5 continents and 20 countries participated in the excursions, workshops and lectures and exchanged impressions and experiences [...]
The biological pool project at theClub Med Resort da Balaia in Albufeira was awarded the IOB PONDY AWARD. On 16 November, Landscape Architect Claudia Schwarzer from Bio Piscinas, Lda. received the IOB Design Award at the International Congress about pools with biological treatment in the Netherlands. The project was chosen as the best in [...]
How to finance a project of a biological pool in a tourism? Here are the competitions available at Turismo de Portugal: 2017-2018 Offer Qualification Support Line. Line developed by Turismo de Portugal, in partnership with the Banking System and Portugal Capital Ventures, for the medium and long-term financing of investment projects of Tourism companies [...]
In a biological pool the bathing area has to be separated always from the plant area. For the first time, wooden separation walls were installed. The photo shows the biological pool of architectural tracing with separation walls in wood. In general, this technique is for technical reasons applied mainly in biological pools of small [...]
Oxygen brings the energy of life. In a biological pool it's the plants that produce a lot of oxygen. They need daylight and clear water. As the oxygen content in the water is limited by the water temperature, there is a limited amount of oxygen soluble in water. Solved oxygen in water is not [...]
Autumn is the season of flies and mosquitoes. Many people suspect that building a swimming pond could attract mosquitoes. But the opposite is the case! Biological pools are very attractive habitats for various insects like different species of aquatic beetles and larvae of dragonflies. Also for some species of mosquitoes, but not for those [...]
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