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La dépollution de l'eau est un des enjeux majeurs du XXIème siècle. Si différentes techniques de retraitement existent déjà, nous investiguons une nouvelle méthode associant les propriétés des membranes filtrantes à celles des matériaux photocatalytiques. Ainsi, nous avons étudié la croissance et l'activité photocatalytique de structures de type noyau/coquille de ZnO/SnO2 intégrées dans des membranes méso-poreuses (alumine poreuse) et macro-poreuses (fibres de verre). L'activité photocatalytique de ces matériaux a été évaluée sur des polluants modèles tels que le bleu de méthylène ou l'acide salicylique, mais aussi sur des polluants organiques identifiés dans les eaux de la rivière luxembourgeoise Alzette. L'impact environnemental des matériaux développés a été déterminé grâce a des analyses de cytotoxicité sur des cellules colorectales de type Caco-2, ainsi que sur des bactéries marines de type Vibrio Fischeri. / Water treatment is one of the main challenge to overcome on the XXIst century. If many different techniques already exist, we investigate a new process associating the properties of porous membranes and photocatalytic materials. Thus, we studied the growth and photoactivity of core/shell structures of ZnO/SnO2 integrated into mesoporous (AAO) and macro-porous (glass fiber) membranes . The photocatalytic activity of these materials has been evaluated on organic pollutants like methylene blue or salicylic acid, but also on molecules found in the Luxembourgish Alzette river. The environmental impact of the synthesized structures has been determined with cytotoxic analyses on Caco-2 cells and Vibrio Fischeri bacteria.

Resumo: A pesquisa vem testar duas tecnologias conhecidas, mas no Brasil nunca utilizada em conjunto. O processo de oxidação com utilização de radiação solar seguida pelo processo de filtração lenta pode ser muito promissor no tratamento de água para pequenas comunidades ou comunidades rurais. A praticidade em conjunto com uma nova tecnologia vem mostrar a eficiência de uma energia que não é aproveitada ou até pouco aproveitada no mundo todo. A incidência de raios Ultra Violeta presente na radiação solar quebrou as moléculas de ácido húmico e de fármacos facilitando sua remoção pela camada biológica dos filtros lento. As moléculas restantes poderão ser retiradas por adsorção pelo carvão ativado granular presente em uma coluna. Tanto o ácido húmico quanto os fármacos são moléculas difíceis de serem retiradas da água em um processo convencional de tratamento de água, estes são micro poluentes que tem causado preocupação entre os estudiosos. Devido a esta dificuldade pensou-se em desenvolver um método que é mais eficaz e tornar-se a água mais potável e financeiramente mais acessível pela classe baixa. No tratamento da água obteve-se uma remoção de ácido húmico em torno de 55% e de fármacos na média de 60%, variando de acordo com os compostos utilizados que foram diclofenaco, dipirona, ibuprofeno e naproxeno / Abstract: The study is to test two known technologies, but never used in Brazil together. The oxidation process using solar radiation followed by slow filtration process can be very promising in the treatment of water for small communities or rural communities. The practice together with a new technology comes along to show the efficiency of energy that is wasted or even little advantage worldwide. The breaking of the molecule by the impact of UV rays present in sunlight broke the molecules of humic acid and drugs facilitating its removal by biological layer of slow filters. The remaining molecules may be removed by adsorption by granular activated carbon present in a column. Both the humic acid molecules as drugs are difficult to be removed from the water in a conventional process water treatment, these are micro pollutants that has caused concern among scholars. This difficulty incentived the developing of the method that is more efficient and become more potable water and more financially accessible for the lower class. In water treatment obtained a removal of humic acid and about 55% of drugs on average 60%, varying according to the compounds used were diclofenac, dipyrone, ibuprofen and naproxen / Orientador: Milton Dall'Aglio Sobrinho / Coorientador: Edson Pereira Tangerino / Banca: Alessandro Minillo / Banca: Mauricio Luiz Sens / Mestre

The River Medlock is a small (22km) urbanised river, and is one of the five main tributaries which forms part of the River Irwell Catchment in Greater Manchester, UK. The river has a legacy of pollution from the 18th century and continues to be affected by anthropogenic factors including point source pollution from waste water treatment works (WwTWs) and combined sewer overflows (CSOs). In order to investigate the impact of CSOs and the WwTWs on the river hydrology, water quality and ecology of the lower largely urbanised reach, data sets were obtained from the Environment Agency and from direct sampling of the river. Load estimations from continuous discharge records from the river's gauging station plus estimates of sub-catchment area indicate the lower sites, classified as a "highly modified water body" and downstream of treatment works had had a higher load of discharge and phosphate-P linked to point sources and episodic discharges. Short term, continuous monitoring revealed that CSOs were active during high velocity, but increased concentrations of nutrients post high velocity indicate WwTW effects and possibly diffuse sources. This project reveals that the WwTW are a major source of phosphate-P and that the impact of CSOs on the river quality is short-lived and depends on the degree of precipitation. Other parameters indicate good water quality although the benthic macroinvertebrate community is degraded as a result of episodic increases in the quantity of water destabilising the river bed. Therefore, pollution from the CSOs, the WwTW and rapid changes in discharge are the reasons for the river's failure to conform to EU's requirements of the Water Framework Directive.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-31T13:15:07Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 HumbelinaSSL_DISSERT.pdf: 3127454 bytes, checksum: 33b00e3001eeb7b35be68ce903acff56 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-02-24 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / The scarceness of water and the lack of sanitation services in rural environment is a reality of northeastern semi-arid, being indispensable the development of low cost technologies, with easy operation and high efficiency, in addition to being environmentally accepted by society. Considering that, this work intended to analyze the performance of mini-stations of domestic wastewater treatment for reuse in northeastern semi-arid regions. The experiments have been done at UFERSA s experimental areas in Mossoró RN, experiments I with grey water, experiment II with domestic sewage. Some procedures were made to analyze the mini-stations, they were the flow measurement and the characteristic determination: hydrogen-ion potential (pH), electrical conductivity (EC), turbidity (TB), total coliforms (TC), thermotolerant coliforms (ThC), chemical oxygen demand (COD), biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), total solids (TS), suspended solids (SS), total phosphorus (P-total), total nitrogen (N-total), oil and grease (OG) and nitrate (NO3-). The experiments were set in the Completely Randomized Design with four repetitions and four treatments (treatment levels). The analysis of variance was done to 1 and 5 % of probability, the averages were compared using Turkey s test at 5 % of probability. The results evidence that the applied treatment at experiments I caused significant removals of the characteristics TB, TC, ThC, COD, BOD, TS, SS, P-total and OG; and by the average level of 29.22 MJ m-2 d-1 the obtained average removal was 98.82 % at ThC population. At experiments II significant removals occurred of TB, TC, ThC, COD, BOD, SS, P-total, NO3- and OG; and with average solar radiation of 27.81 MJ m-2 d-1, it occurred an average removal in ThC population of 99.98 %. The mini-stations of domestic wastewater treatment enable the effluent the microbiological quality that follows the national guidelines to fertigation of crops when not eaten raw / A escassez de água e a falta de esgotamento sanitário em ambientes rurais é uma realidade do semiárido nordestino, tornando imprescindível o desenvolvimento de tecnologias de baixo custo, fácil operação e alta eficiência, além de serem ambientalmente aceitas pela sociedade. Diante do exposto, o trabalho objetivou analisar o desempenho de miniestações de tratamento de águas residuárias domésticas para reuso em regiões semiáridas do nordeste. Os experimentos foram realizados em áreas experimentais da UFERSA em Mossoró-RN, sendo o experimento I com água cinza e o experimento II com esgoto doméstico. Para avaliação do desempenho das miniestações procedeu-se com a medição de vazão e determinação das características: potencial hidrogeniônico (pH), condutividade elétrica (CE), turbidez (TB), coliformes totais (CT), coliformes termotolerantes (CTe), Demanda Química de Oxigênio (DQO), Demanda Bioquímica de Oxigênio (DBO), sólidos totais (ST), sólidos suspensos (SS), fósforo total (Ptotal), nitrogênio total (Ntotal), oléos e graxas (OG) e nitrato (NO3-). Os experimentos foram montados no Delineamento Inteiramente Casualizado com quatro repetições e quatro tratamentos (níveis de tratamento). Foi realizada a análise de variância a 1 e 5 % de probabilidade, as médias foram comparadas utilizando-se o teste de Turkey à 5 % de probabilidade. Os resultados evidenciaram que o tratamento aplicado no experimento I acarretou remoções significativas das características TB, CT, CTe, DQO, DBO, ST, SS, Ptotal e OG; e mediante nível médio de 29,22 MJ m-2 d-1 foi obtido remoção média de 98,82 % na população de CTe. No experimento II houveram remoções significativas de TB, CT, CTe, DQO, DBO, SS, Ptotal, NO3- e OG; e com radiação solar média de 27,81 MJ m-2 d-1, ocorreu remoção média na população de CTe de 99,98 %. As miniestações de tratamento de águas residuárias domésticas possibilitaram ao efluente qualidade microbiológica que atende as diretrizes nacionais para fertirrigação de cultivos agrícolas não consumidos crus

Les sites chimiques, pétrochimiques et pétroliers génèrent des effluents chargés en polluants soumis à une réglementation de plus en plus stricte. Le travail de thèse se focalise sur le traitement des effluents industriels et plus spécifiquement sur l'amortissement des pics de pollution via un procédé d'adsorption/désorption afin de minimiser les impacts négatifs sur l'épuration biologique. Pour cela, deux études complémentaires ont été menées en parallèle. La première étude concerne l'adsorption et la désorption de polluants en phase aqueuse avec notamment la sélection d’un adsorbant puis la détermination de ses capacités d'adsorption vis-à-vis de deux molécules modèles. Plusieurs cycles d'adsorption et de désorption ainsi que des pics de pollution ont été réalisés afin de (i) démontrer la faisabilité du procédé, (ii) d'identifier les phénomènes mis en jeu et les paramètres déterminants dans la capacité d'amortissement d'une colonne d'adsorbant et (iii) étudier les phénomènes de compétition entre molécules. Les données expérimentales ont pu être modélisées avec succès à l'aide d’un couplage du modèle Linear Driving Force (LDF) et de l'isotherme de Freundlich. D'autre part, l'impact d'une variation de charge sur les performances épuratoires du traitement biologique seul a été examiné et comparé aux effets observés lors d'un pic de pollution sur un procédé couplant une colonne d'adsorbant (en amont) et le traitement biologique. Un intérêt a également été porté aux foisonnements de bactéries filamenteuses, survenus à plusieurs reprises : une identification des filaments a été réalisée et un traitement de lutte efficace a été mis en place. Les résultats ont démontré qu'une colonne d'adsorbant placée en amont du bassin de biodégradation permet d'améliorer la qualité de l'effluent traité et ainsi de respecter les normes de rejet fixées par la législation. / Chemical, petrochemical and oil industries generate polluted effluents which are covered by increasingly stricter regulations. This PhD work focuses on the treatment of industrial effluents and more specifically on pollution peaks dampening through a process of adsorption/desorption so as to minimize the negative impacts on biological purification. Two complementary studies have been carried out simultaneously as part of this work. The first study concerns the adsorption and desorption of pollutants in aqueous phase including adsorbent selection and determination of its adsorption capacities, for two model molecules. Several cycles of adsorption and desorption, as well as peaks of pollution, have been carried out in order to (i) identify the phenomena involved and the determining parameters of the attenuation capacity of the adsorbent column, and (ii) to study competitive phenomenon between two molecules. Experimental data has been successfully modelled using both Linear Driving Force (LDF) and Freundlich isotherm models. For the second study, the impact of load variation on the biological treatment purifying performances has been investigated and compared to effects observed in response to a pollution peak on the process coupling an adsorption/desorption column and biological treatment. Concerning filamentous bacteria bulking, which occurs frequently, filament identification has been carried out and struggle treatments have been efficiently implemented. The results showed that an adsorbent column placed before the biological biodegradation improves treated effluent quality and so allows for the respect of discharge norms

La photocatalyse est un procédé d’oxydation avancée et son utilisation est répandue dans le traitement de l’eau. Cette thèse traite de la dépollution d’eau au sein d’un réacteur original mettant en oeuvre un textile lumineux photocatalytique. Le textile est composé de fibres optiques parallèles situées sur une face d’un tissu fibreux. L’unité d’un tel système est assurée par des points de liage répartis périodiquement fixant les fibres optiques au tissu. Un traitement de microtexturation des fibres optiques permet la création d’une multitude de trous sur leur surface latérale. Une émission de lumière macroscopiquement homogène est provoquée lors de la connexion des fibres optiques à une lampe UV. Un dépôt de catalyseur, tel que le dioxyde de titane, sur l’intégralité du textile, conjuguée au rayonnement UV induit une activité photocatalytique. Cette thèse consiste à l’étude des phénomènes agissant dans un dispositif intégrant le textile lumineux photocatalytique. Dans ce réacteur plan modèle, le textile est confiné entre deux plaques et un écoulement unidirectionnel parallèle aux fibres optiques est mis en oeuvre. La dépollution d’un fluide par photocatalyse résulte du couplage de plusieurs mécanismes : écoulement, transport et réaction. Des modèles numériques sont ainsi développéssur un volume élémentaire représentatif du textile (appelé RVE) pour simuler la dépollution d’une eau comportant une molécule test, à l’échelle microscopique. Cette géométrie est choisie en tenant compte des caractéristiques structurelles du textile photocatalytique. La première étape est l’analyse de l’hydrodynamique au sein du textile, qui couple des écoulements fluide et en milieu poreux. Une étude expérimentale préliminaire a permis l’acquisition de données nécessaires à une représentation réaliste de l’écoulement en milieu poreux. Dans un second temps, le transport est caractérisé par une étude de la distribution des temps de séjour (DTS) au sein du réacteur. Des simulations successives utilisant des conditions aux limites pseudo-périodiques sont réalisées pour calculer numériquement la DTS. Elles sont validées par des mesures expérimentales de traçage de colorant. Enfin, la dégradation d’une molécule test est analysée expérimentalement et numériquement. L’étude numérique présente des approches macroscopique et microscopique. L’étude à l’échelle macroscopique permet de quantifier globalement les performances du réacteur et de fournir des valeurs de constantes cinétiques nécessaires aux simulations àl’échelle microscopique. Une analyse fine et précise de la dépollution est ainsi réalisée au sein du RVE. Elle montre les atouts et limitations du réacteur modèle en termes d’efficacité de dépollution et d’homogénéité de fonctionnement. Des propositions d’améliorations sont finalement émises, notamment une configuration de réacteur comportant un empilement de textiles photocatalytiques. / The photocatalysis is known as an advanced oxidation process and its use is common for the water treatment. This thesis deals with the water depollution within an original reactor integrating the UV-light photocatalytic textile. The textile is composed of parallel optical fibres located on a side of a fibrous fabric. The unity of the system is ensured by bonding points periodically distributed fixing the optical fibres to the fabric. A microtexturization treatment is applied to the optical fibres and a multitude of punctual light sources are thus created on their lateral surface. A light emission macroscopically homogeneous is provided by the connection of optical fibres to an UV lamp. The coating of catalyst, such as titanium dioxide, associated with UV irradiation generates photocatalytic activity. This thesis consists in studying phenomena which occurs within a setup containing the UV-light photocatalytic textile. In this model plane reactor, the textile is confined between two plates and a unidirectional flow parallel to optical fibres is applied. The fluid depollution results of the coupling between several mechanisms : fluid flow, transport and reaction. Numerical models are thus developed on a representative volume element of the textile (called RVE) to simulate at the microscopic scale the depollution of water containing a test molecule. This geometry is designed by taking account the structural characteristics of the photocatalytic textile. The first stage is the analysis of the hydrodynamic within the textile that combines free flow regions and porous medium flows. A preliminary experimental study allows the acquisition of data necessary to a realistic representation of the porous medium flow. Secondly, the transport is characterized by a study of the residence time distribution (RTD) within the reactor. Successive simulations using pseudo-periodic boundary conditions are performed to numerically calculate the RTD. They are validated by experimental measurements using dye tracing. Finally, the degradation of a test molecule is analysed experimentally and numerically. The numerical study presents both approaches macroscopic and microscopic. The study at the macroscopic scale allows to globally quantify the reactor performances. On the other hand, kinetic constants necessary to simulations at the microscopic scale are determined by fitting of the macroscopic model with experimental measurements. An accurate analysis is thus realized within the RVE. It points the advantages and limitations of the model reactor in terms of depollution efficiency and functioning homogeneity. Suggestions of structural improvement are proposed and especially a reactor integrating a stack of photocatalytic textiles.

La pénurie d'eau est devenue un des problèmes clés à résoudre, et pour y faire face, il est nécessaire de disposer d'unités de traitement de l'eau efficaces. Au cours des dernières décennies la technologie des membranes est devenue l'une des techniques les plus prometteuses pour le traitement de l'eau. Néanmoins, les membranes ont une durée de vie limitée et sont, par ailleurs, sujettes à des phénomènes de colmatage - le dépôt, l'adsorption et l'absorption de particules dans la structure de la membrane -, ce qui réduit leur productivité, et augmente les coûts opérationnels. Une approche pour minimiser ce problème consiste à modifier des membranes hydrophobes, mécaniquement et chimiquement stables, en y greffant des matériaux amphiphiles afin de réduire le colmatage. L'objectif principal de ce travail est de caractériser les propriétés anti-colmatage des membranes de PVDF (Polyvinylidene fluoride) modifiées avec différents types de copolymères PS-PEGMA (Polystyrene - Poly(ethylene glycol) methacrylate), tout d'abord par l'utilisation de techniques classiques, puis, par le développement et / ou l'adaptation de techniques microfluidiques couplés à la microscopie à fluorescence et l'utilisation de la cartographie par microspectroscopie infrarouge à transformée de Fourier (IRTF). La cartographie IRTF a permis de quantifier localement le greffage et de mettre en évidence l'hétérogénéité du greffage sur la membrane. Ces cartes, représentant l'importance du greffage sur la membrane, ont par ailleurs été corrélées au dépôt de protéines sur la surface. Des systèmes microfluidiques ont également été développés pour caractériser sous microscope à fluorescence l'adsorption de protéines fluorescentes sur une membrane en présence d'un débit. Cette étude permet de suivre in situ et en dynamique l'adsorption (lors de cycles de filtration) et la désorption (lors de cycles de rinçage) de protéines sur la membrane. Ces mesures locales ont été mises en regard avec des mesures de permeabilité lors de cycles filtrations/rinçage mettant en évidence un rôle anti-fouling en particulier pour les copolymères tri-blocs ou pour les copolymères à enchaînement aléatoire. / Water scarcity has become one of the key issues to solve, and efficient water treatment is paramount to treat water sources. In recent decades membrane technology has become one of the promising solutions for water treatment. Nevertheless, membranes are prone to fouling phenomena - the deposition, adsorption, and absorption of particles in the membrane structure -, which hinders their life-span and productivity, and raise operative costs. One approach to minimize this issue is to modify the already mechanically and chemically stable hydrophobic membranes with amphiphilic materials. The main aim of this work is to characterise the anti-fouling properties of PVDF (Polyvinylidene fluoride) membranes modified with different types of PS-PEGMA (Polystyrene - Poly(ethylene glycol) methacrylate) copolymers, firstly by using classical techniques, and then, by developing and/or adapting new ones: microfluidic devices coupled with fluorescence microscopy, and the use of Fourier Transform Infrared microspectroscopy (FTIR mapping). FTIR mapping allowed the local detection of the coating layer and showed its heterogeneous distribution on the surface of the membrane. These maps, that represent the importance of the coating on the membrane, were correlated with the deposit of proteins on the surface. Microfluidic systems were also developed to characterise the adsorption of fluorescent proteins on the membrane under a fluorescent microscope in the presence of a flow. This study allowed the in-situ and dynamic follow-up of the adsorption - during filtration cycles - and of the desorption - during rinsing cycles - of the proteins on the membrane. These local measurements were compared against permeability measurements during the filtration/rinsing cycles evidencing the anti-fouling role of the copolymers used for the modification of the membranes, particularly for the triblock and random copolymers.

A preocupação com a presença de poluentes emergentes em meios hídricos vem crescendo, justificando a busca por técnicas alternativas ou adicionais às aplicadas nos processos convencionais de tratamento de água. A utilização da adsorção com resíduos agrícolas diretamente como adsorventes ou como precursores para síntese de carvão ativado apresenta-se como um método viável, aliando eficiência de remoção, baixo custo e biodegradabilidade do material aplicado. O presente trabalho objetivou estudar a empregabilidade do engaço da uva, um resíduo do processo de industrialização da uva sem aplicação prática efetiva, na remoção de cafeína de solução aquosa. Este poluente emergente foi selecionado por ser amplamente encontrado em águas superficiais, subterrâneas e até mesmo potáveis, além de ser a substância alteradora de comportamento mais consumida mundialmente. O engaço foi utilizado como adsorvente em formas distintas: bruto com apenas ajuste da granulometria (ENG), modificado através da ação do ácido fosfórico (ENGI) e na forma de carvões ativados (CAE50%, CAE70% e CAE85%). No caso do ENG e ENGI foi estudada a variação dos parâmetros pH, tempo de residência e concentração de sólido adsorvente, de forma a encontrar as condições ideais para os processos em batelada. Para o carvão ativado que apresentou melhores resultados (CAE85%), por outro lado, os percentuais de remoção de cafeína foram elevados, mesmo para a menor quantidade de adsorvente possível de ser medida com precisão aceitável, não justificando a variação do parâmetro de concentração. Foram observados maiores índices de remoção em soluções ácidas, com os valores de pH considerados ideais de 2,0 para ENG e ENGI e 4,0 para o CAE85%. Os tempos de residência e concentrações de sólidos adsorventes ideais foram de 40 min e 25 g L-1 (ENG), 30 min e 15 g L-1 (ENGI) e 30 min (CAE85%). Ademais, o equilíbrio foi avaliado a partir da construção das isotermas de adsorção, as quais foram mais bem representadas pelo modelo de Sips, exibindo coeficientes de determinação R² iguais a 0,994, 0,999 e 0,987 e capacidades máximas de adsorção qmáx iguais a 89,2, 129,6 e 916,7 mg g-1. Características particulares dos sólidos adsorventes como áreas específicas superficiais e volumes de microporos também foram determinadas, resultando para o ENG, ENGI e CAE85% em 6,23, 4,21 e 1099,86 m² g-1 e 0,003, 0,002 e 0,568 cm³ g-1, respectivamente. / Concern over emerging pollutants presence in water resources is growing, justifying the search for alternative or additional techniques to those applied in conventional water treatment processes. Use of adsorption with agricultural wastes directly as adsorbents or as precursors for activated carbon synthesis is a viable method, combining removal efficiency, low cost and biodegradability of the material applied. This study investigated the employability of grape stalk, a waste from grape industrialization process without effective use, in caffeine removal from aqueous solution. This emerging pollutant was selected because it is widely found in surface water, groundwater and even drinking water, besides being the most consumed behaviorally active substance. Grape stalk was used in different forms: raw with only grain size adjustment (ENG), modified by phosphoric acid action (ENGI) and as activated carbons (CAE50%, CAE70% and CAE85%). In the case of ENG and ENGI, parameters pH, retention time and adsorbent concentration were varied in order to find the ideal batch process conditions. For the activated carbon that presented better results (CAE85%), on the other hand, caffeine removal percentages were high even for the least amount of adsorbent that could be measured with acceptable accuracy, which did not justify variation of the concentration parameter. Better removal percentages were observed in acid solutions, with ideal pH values being considered as 2.0 for ENG and ENGI and 4.0 for CAE85%. Ideal residence time and adsorbent concentration were 40 min and 25 g L-1 (ENG), 30 min and 15 g L-1 (ENGI) and 30 min (CAE85%). Moreover, equilibrium was evaluated through adsorption isotherms construction, which were best represent by Sips model, displaying determination coefficient R² equal to 0.994, 0.999 and 0.987 and maximum adsorption capacities equal to 89.2, 129.6 and 916.7 mg g-1. Adsorbents particular characteristics such as specific surface areas and micropore volumes were also determined, resulting in 6.23, 4.21 and 1099.86 m² g-1 and 0.003, 0.002 and 0.568 cm³ g-1 for ENG, ENGI and CAE85%, respectively.

The goal of this work was to evaluate of water quality in natural swimming pools in Borovany and Sezimovo Ústí, to compare the differences in the results of water analyses in proper swimming water body and regenerative part, as well as to compare of both these localities. Most of results were gathered during 2016 in Borovany and during 2017 in Sezimovo Usti. Transparency, color of water, temperature, conductivity, concentration of dissolved O2, concentrations of NH4-N, NO2-N, NO3-N, TN, PO4-P, TP, Cl, turbidity, fluorescence, chlorophyll concentration, alkalinity, zooplankton and phytoplankton composition and bacterial contamination were monitored. The results confirmed the possibility to achieve the good water quality even though the problem with phosphorus removing remains. The comparison of both site showed more efficient functioning of regenerative zone in Borovany natural swimming pool.