In the paper a problem of realization of environmental impact assessment of reclamation that consist in removal of wet disposal site of thermoelectric power station Czechnica in Siechnice, is undertaken. An attention is paid on the aim of disposal site removal, which is located in the vicinity of Wrocław water-bearing grounds and also in the vicinity of Nature 2000 area. On the basis of worked out in 2009 in the Institute of Geotechnics and Hydrotechnics of Wrocław University of Technology a conception of removal of this object, the constructional solutions and disposal site exploitation principles, conditioning a maintenance the continuity of electric and heat energy production are described. Natural environment state and possible threats during realization of this project are given. Requirement of individual treatment of this type of constructional object is emphasized, considering that during removal there are possibilities of different influence on surroundings in which object has been earlier operated.
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Sustainable development consists in integrating political, economic and social activities while maintaining natural balance and durability of basic natural processes in order to guarantee the possibility of satisfying the basic needs of individual communities or citizens of contemporary and future generations. The paper presents the research results on the impact of selected elements of technical infrastructure on the level of sustainable development of provinces. Both the level of sustainable development and the quality of infrastructure were defined in the form of synthetic indicators.Infrastructure was proved to be the factor affecting the sustainability of development; however, it did not have the same impact on all four domains of sustainable development. It was found that the infrastructure may have a negative effect on sustainable development in the natural (environmental) domain. ...
