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Why pools are showing their natural side
Posted Sep 2, 2009
Raise your hand tif you've ever dreamt of 'the perfect house'. Perhaps it's an Italian style villa, a penthouse, or even a little cottage surrounded by trees, but what is certain is that the dream house will contain a pool.
Far from reality however visions of a silent and calm stretch of water tend to omit the smell of chlorine and maintenance issues, which is why those in the know are opting for natural swimming pools.
Natural swim pools (also called natural swimming ponds or biopools) combine the commodity of a pool with the elegance and the natural cleaning system of a small lake filled with plants. A thousand times easier to maintain, a biopool creates a natural ecosystem which constantly purifies water without the need for chemicals.
Rather like a large aquarium: water passes through a filter that eliminates organic waste, and creating mineral elements that can be absorbed by the pool plants. Usually only two months after planting, the biopool is ready to be used. An additional advantage is that a natural swimming pond doesn’t need to be dried during the colder seasons, because, like a natural lake, it has a lifecycle even throughout autumn and winter, endowing a garden with a magical atmosphere twelve months a year.
There are a variety of natural swimming pond available depending on the proportions between swimming and regeneration - the areas containing plants. The larger the regenerating area the less maintenance required, and when plants part become more than the 50% of the total water space there’s no need for traditional filters either.
Giuliano Federico
TAGS: biopools design swimming pools green organic
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