Wild Swimming -- introducing "natural" swimming pools

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How to build your own Natural Swimming Pool. A swimming pool that has clear water without using chemicals. These pools rely entirely on the plants and animals to condition the water. Healthy for people and wildlife. Wild Swimming at home. David Pagan Butler has made films for the BBC on Natural Swiimming Pools. He builds them himself to show you how to make a pool for a fraction of the cost of a commerical installation. Featured in the current (Winter 2010) Permaculture Magazine.Natural Swimming Pools - A Guide to Designing and Building Your Own. DVD Published by Permanent Publications, Available soon from www.green-shopping.co.uk
EMPIREsays...

Although it's great for ecological reasons, I could never own such a "pool". I find the idea of swimming in a dark pond filled with frogs and salamanders rather unappealing.

therealblankmansays...

I love this idea, but I'd think it'd be strictly a rural project- You'd need an awful big piece of land to have one of these, and I'm sure that cities and towns have bylaws pertaining to pool construction.

MilkmanDansays...

I have outdoor koi ponds, and I'm into the fish-keeping hobby with aquariums also. With the right ecological setup and filtration/circulation system, I think this would make a great visual element / water garden area for a home, plus providing a swimming area that is cleaner and clearer than your average pond/lake.

If you're squeamish about swimming in a lake or pond, consider that your average public pool is saturated with chlorine/bromine and kid-piss... Pick your poison.

gharksays...

Nice find I used to love swimming in the ponds and streams on our farm and friends farms, nothing like swimming in fresh, unchlorinated water. The best thing is when they are large enough so that you can tie a rope to a nearby tree and swing into them like tarzan

Porksandwichsays...

I know of some local places that do fishing, and the water in those places is crystal clear. They plant specific types of grasses and reeds to filter and are very picky about what happens around the lake. I'd be rather annoying to upkeep it especially with the winters coming in and freezing it.

I just suspect anything I did would end up with snakes in it. So I'd have to have a lot of land where I could put something like that in......and then destroy it when it became a snake breeding ground.

TheSluiceGatesays...

In the UK, where this is set, there's only 3 types of wild snake and only one, the adder, is poisonous.
Would be perfect here in Ireland where the are no wild snakes of any kind whatsoever.

Other than the politicians of course.

ChaosEnginesays...

>> ^TheSluiceGate:

In the UK, where this is set, there's only 3 types of wild snake and only one, the adder, is poisonous.
Would be perfect here in Ireland where the are no wild snakes of any kind whatsoever.
Other than the politicians of course.


Yeah, would be awesome in Ireland, where the weather is good enough to warrant a pool once every few years.

thetravisnewtonsays...

I was initially impressed at how beautiful a concept this is. Then I remembered that I live in Florida, where this would get infested with turtles, alligators, snakehead fish, and poisonous snakes within several hours of finishing.

TheSluiceGatesays...

Try decades.

>> ^ChaosEngine:

>> ^TheSluiceGate:
In the UK, where this is set, there's only 3 types of wild snake and only one, the adder, is poisonous.
Would be perfect here in Ireland where the are no wild snakes of any kind whatsoever.
Other than the politicians of course.

Yeah, would be awesome in Ireland, where the weather is good enough to warrant a pool once every few years.

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