Natural Pool Filter Plants

The origins of natural swimming pools.

Natural pool filter plants.

This hole is for the plants and other natural elements that will help to filter the water in the pool. The idea of swimming in a pool that invited nature in rather than shutting it out with. In warmer climates natural filter materials may be installed into the pool itself and hydroponic plants assist in the filtration system and they also look pretty. Clear water revival s clearspring system is the world s first chemical free pool filter that fits into a standard plant room making it a like for like alternative to old style chlorine pool filtration.

There are far more plants at the moment than there will be at the end. Natural pools were inspired by the beauty and joy of swimming in mountain lakes a team of austrian researchers are credited with launching a movement back in the 1980 s that saw chlorinated swimming pools being replaced by natural swimming pools and swimming ponds. In addition phosphorous can also be utilised by plants as it is in a natural pool. Create an adjacent hole for the plant zone.

Previously natural pools used planted beds to filter the water however our system requires no plants at all. Natural pools come in many shapes and sizes and can mimic the look and feel of a lake or pond with sloped entries lined with stone rock. We used lane floats to make a barrier so they would stay on the regeneration zone side. The hole should be 10 to 20 square metres 110 to 220 sq ft and 1 metre 3 3 ft deep.

Unlike most sparkling blue swimming pools natural swimming pools or ponds nsps are filtered organically rather than by chemicals another pool called a regeneration zone is built nearby which is where the water enters either a gravel filter or a constructed wetlands made of plants that clean the water. The precious nature of water constitutes a complex chemistry ever changing and behaving and reacting differently. Together these two filter systems produce crystal clear water. The benefits of natural swimming pools.

The pool is fortified with zooplankton water fleas rotifers paramecia which play an important role in keeping the water clean on a continual basis. A cross section of a natural pool showing the plant zone and swimming area. Finally our natural swimming pool is full and the filter pots are working with the water slowly spilling over their lips after passing through the charcoal and filters. A natural pool will function as it should if the regeneration area is designed correctly and the underwater plants are used properly.