The first organic and ecological municipal swimming pool was inaugurated in the city of Dour , in Belgium.
This is only about thirty kilometers from Valenciennes.
It is one of the first public swimming pools with natural filtration in Belgium.
In this organic swimming pool, the reeds and irises naturally filter the water. And swimmers love it!
Thus, in Dour, to bathe, we use the ecosystem in an intelligent and respectful way.
In fact, in this biological municipal swimming pool, there is neither chlorine nor chemicals.
The water, which has a beautiful green color , is clean and above all respectful of health and the environment. Watch:
How does an ecological swimming pool work? It's very simple.
It is the plants that grow next to the bathing pond that do the natural filtering work.
To ensure their growth, these plants eat the impurities present in the pool water.
There is no shortage of them because the wind, the rain and the swimmers regularly bring them back into the pool.
As a result, by feeding, they naturally clean the water. Very ingenious, isn't it?
For divers, this biological pool is a godsend.
It is an alternative between diving in a natural environment, access to which is sometimes difficult, and a chlorine pool, heated and covered.
Divers can even enjoy a biological diving pit with a depth of 5.2 meters!
It is the first accessible in Europe.
"Here, we can do the first initiations and the first diving baptisms with beginners in the natural environment, without it being too impressive because there are 20 meters deep", explains Jean-Christophe Calculs, head of the center of diving.
The only downside is that pool maintenance requires about 6 hours of work a day to remove the algae growing on the walls of the pools.
But in exchange, swimmers will be able to enjoy long days of swimming, even if they are allergic to chlorine!
Look at this report on this organic swimming pool in Belgium that makes you want to go for a dip:
