Environmental Pools

“Contact with nature and the feeling of return at the origins are what natural swimming pools bring you closer to. If you had the occasion to swim in a lake with limpid water, so you know the feeling of happiness that only nature can give us. Swimming is more pleasant without having scorching eyes and without the chemical odours and the feeling of being a part of the natural environment.”

As the name indicates, biological swimming pools are true aquatic ecosystems in small scale, where the people can swim without distrust. They had been developed for over 90 years in the Europe (mainly Austria and Germany), where they have replaced the conventional swimming pools by in large even in the public domain/commercial realm. A natural swimming pool eliminates completely the need for chemicals and constant cleaning because its biological cleaning process is complete. The food and the impurities of surplus, as well as the harmful bacteria, are transformed by plants, filters and water organisms into benign and complementary elements.


Environmental Pools a development of AEC, offers:

Consultancy, Planning, Design, Construction and Maintenance Services

-directly related to the establishment of Swimming and Bathing Pools that function and are maintained by means of natural bio-processes with various options and alternatives of sanitation if desired or needed.

-The advantages of these "bio-organic" natural pools are many but are highlighted by their achievement of water waste reduction/less cleaning and back-washing saving our freshwater resources typically, as well as the obvious benefits of utilizing no or very little benign chemical related treatments to facilitate the pools requirements and functions keeping them healthy, safe and clean for swimming.

- The natural swimming pool also starts to be a point not only of beauty and contemplation, but also a place of life in profusion. Filtration is carried out by the microfaune and the watery microflora which develops in the gravel and zeolites of the zone of regeneration. The aquatic plants, beyond having of an aesthetic function, absorb nitrogen and phosphorus dissolved in water.

-Construction methods, materials and products/equipment deployed can also be resourceful in terms of energy consumption, how and where they are manufactured and their other environmental benefits depending upon the wishes and requirements of the user and the site location.

-Solar options for pump and water circulation and heating are readily available for energy savings, eco-friendliness, year-round use and remote locations.

-Other complimentary benefits include the ability to utilize runoff from roofing/down-spouting, driveways/storm-water etc. and effectively send water to underground or above ground storage containment facilities.

-The pool often can modestly serve native wildlife/bird purposes in addition to the enjoyment gained by the bathers.

-Waterfalls, streamcourses, bogs and fountains and other effects can establish a more serene "enviro-scape" and serve purposes of aeration, and biofiltration maintaining water quality.

-The natural pool water has the ability to be re-used for crop, garden or landscape irrigation purposes and/or livestock drinking when performing any backwash or pool water cleaning. Downstream effects of "used" water discharged are positive or neutral since water is devoid of chemicals and is completely fresh.

-Existing or failing convential pools can be "converted" as desired to retrofit an "Environmental Pool" in most cases.

We hope you visit our website and enjoy the amazing possibilities of having an "Environmental Pool".
Please contact us for a DVD, literature pack and Questions & Answers information sheet. We also sell the publication "Natural Swimming Pools -a Guide for Building" by Michael Littlewood, and his new publication titled "Conventional Pool Conversion" -please enquire.

09-627-1173 or 027-347-8338

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