Świnna Poręba reservoir was localized in 26.6 km of Skawa river. During the execution of the investment venture, which has lasted on and off from 1986, changes occurring in economy caused verification of main aims of the reservoir. An analysis of the changes of principles of the planned water management, caused by the changes of the main aims assigned for the multipurpose structure, as which the Świnna Poręba reservoir is considered, was carried out in the paper. An attempt of the initial assessment of the planned guidelines for water management of the reservoir being currently in construction in the aspect of tasks resulting from the Polish and European Union legislation was made. ...
From several years in Poland last studies related with Water Framework Directive implementation (WFD) or Directive 2000/60/WE. All of these studies aim to develop river basin management plans for river basin districts, in this areas of international river basin districts. The time horizon is the year 2015, till when multi-purpose water bodies (according to the art. 2 point 10 WFD) should reach good status. According to WFD and Water Law records among elements, and practically stages aiming to develop river basin management plans, is to indicate main issues of water management (IP). The half-year consultation process, called IP review currently last in Poland. On the questions, what are main water management issues in the WFD understanding and what form will they reach in the first planning cycle in Poland, this report tried to answer. The base for analysis were studies from years 2004–2006 for the “Upper Vistula” pilot river basin and actually being performed “Main water management issues review for the river basin districts”. ...
Water for water supply network of Kraków is withdrawn from the Rudawa river on the weir in Szczyglice. The withdrawn water is directed to two intake res-ervoirs, for pretreatment and storage to ensure water supply for the time of water quality decrease in the river. At the time of incorrect water quality in the reser-voirs (e.g.during eutrophication) water is withdrawn directly from the river. The water source is selected based on the water quality monitoring in order to provide best possible quality material to the waterworks. The paper presents the structure of water intake during the 8 year period. The percentage share of water with-drawn from the river and from the reservoirs in respect of the volume of treated water was analysed in each year. This percentage changes in time in favor of the intake reservoirs, from 32.0 in 2004 to 88.0% in 2010. The average share in the analyzed period of time reached the following values: intake directly from the river - 40.0%, reservoir I - 41.0%, reservoir II - 19.0%. Changes in the total per-centage of each source occur often, ranging from 100% use to complete resigna-tion from the source. Deteriorating water quality in summer (algae development, increase ...
Water management is a field of the national economy, which includes, among others, issues of water protection against pollution and against flood, and also resources management for the need of both society and economy. The implementation of Water Framework Directive and other activities and programs, which have a significant impact on quantitative and qualitative water condition, serve the water quality improvement in the whole Oder river basin area. Whereas reducing both the flood risk and the consequences of floods in the countries of the European Community and the proper flood risk management is the purpose of Flood Directive. The platform for coordinating the implementation of both directives in the International Oder River Basin District is the International Commission for the Protection of the Oder River against Pollution.The paper describes the progress made in implementation of both directives in the international Oder river basin. It also highlights the fact that the trilateral cooperation in the Oder basin should provide competent coordination of all actions of individual states, which would contribute to the proper implementation of European Community water policy in the field of improving the water environment. ...
The quantitative and qualitative state of water resources in Poland were presented in the paper. Discussed were selected factors shaping changes of water quality, including: improvement in sewage treatment balance, increase in the sewage system length, increase in the population number using sewage treatment plants, diminished outflow of organic substances and biogens in treated sewage. Presented state of water purity in Poland indicates, that despite improving quality, their state is still bad and the date when the desired state may be reached is still distant. The needs of municipal economy were presented against the state of water management, including the characteristics of selected systems of waterworks and sewage disposal systems development during the period of the last two decades, indicating the specific character of these systems in rural areas. ...
The current paper presents the results of evaluation of the influence of selected measures within Rural Development Programme (RDP), such as spatial development, afforestation, land consolidation, water management, village renewal and agri-environmental programmes on rural areas in Poland.The data used in the study cover the years 2004-2015, and were collected from the reports of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Polish Agency for Restructuring and Modernisation of Agriculture (ARMA), Polish Central Statistical Office (CSO), with special consideration given to normative acts concerning the Rural Development Plan 2007-2013 and 2014-2020, and the results of a study on different aspects of rural development conducted at the Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation - State Research Institute in Puławy (IUNG-PIB). Our study clearly shows that aforementioned measures differ significantly in terms of the level of implementation in Poland. Thus, the spatial development operation, one of the most important activities in relation to the sustainable development of rural areas, has not been introduced in RDP as s separately task. Additionally, the initiatives regarding water retention were also not fully implemented under the RDP 2007-2013 because of the shortage of time. The process of land consolidation has contributed only to very little change in ...
