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future and taking protective measures. This is a necessary requirement to ensure the
conditions necessary for sustainable development.
This volume consists of five parts. The book certainly does not exhaust the entirety
of the issues contained in the title, which is why each chapter contains a bibliography
extending the problems discussed.
Part I consists of “Introduction,” which was written by the volume’s editors.
The goal is to familiarize the reader with the research issues that have been discussed
in this volume.
Part II discusses “Key Issues of Water Resources Protection in Poland.” The
first chapter in this part was presented by Katarzyna Kubiak-Wójcicka from Faculty of
Earth Sciences and Spatial Management, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toru´ n.
Chapter 2 is entitled “Assessment of Water Resources in Poland.” This chapter
discusses the general issue of the amount of water resources in Poland and their
use. Various ways of reducing water consumption, including wastewater treatment
activities, have been identified.
Chapter 3 entitled “Development and Protection of Water Resources in
Protected Areas in Poland in Pursuit of Sustainable Development” was presented
by Roman Cie´ sli´ nski from the Faculty of Oceanography and Geography, University of Gda´ nsk. This chapter discusses the issue of protecting water resources
located in protected areas such as national parks. The author points to the shortcomings of conservation measures due to the lack of an individual approach to
individual protected areas resulting from the varying availability of water resources
and biodiversity.
In Chap. 4, Mariusz Rz˛ etała from the Faculty of Earth Sciences, University of
Silesia in Katowice presented “Anthropogenic Water Reservoirs in Poland.” It
discusses the origin and water resources accumulated in anthropogenic reservoirs in
Poland. The social and economic importance of standing water was assessed against
the background of limnic processes, e.g., thermal processes, oxygen conditions, ice
phenomena, changes in water fertility, salinity.
The last chapter in this part is entitled “Irrigation and Drainage in Polish
Agriculture: State, Problems and Needs.” This chapter was prepared by Leszek
Łab˛ edzki from Institute of Technology and Life Sciences in Falenty, Edmund Kaca
and Andrzej Brandyk from Warsaw University of Life Sciences. The paper discusses
the conditions as well as the current status, techniques, trends and perspectives of
irrigation and drainage in agriculture sector of Poland. Irrigation and drainage infrastructure was found to be in poor condition over the whole country. The study indicates
what various actions should be taken to stimulate the development of irrigation and
drainage, to adapt existing systems to extreme meteorological phenomena resulting
from climate change, to improve their functioning and management.
Ten chapters are presented in Part III entitled “Water Quality Evaluation.”
Chapter 6 entitled “Quality Assessment of Water Resources of River in Poland”
was prepared by Adam Solarczyk from Faculty of Earth Sciences and Spatial
Management, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toru´ n. This chapter assesses the
quality of river water resources in Poland based on selected physicochemical indicators studied in 2010–2015. The spatial diversity of the degree of river pollution in
Preface
future and taking protective measures. This is a necessary requirement to ensure the
conditions necessary for sustainable development.
This volume consists of five parts. The book certainly does not exhaust the entirety
of the issues contained in the title, which is why each chapter contains a bibliography
extending the problems discussed.
Part I consists of “Introduction,” which was written by the volume’s editors.
The goal is to familiarize the reader with the research issues that have been discussed
in this volume.
Part II discusses “Key Issues of Water Resources Protection in Poland.” The
first chapter in this part was presented by Katarzyna Kubiak-Wójcicka from Faculty of
Earth Sciences and Spatial Management, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toru´ n.
Chapter 2 is entitled “Assessment of Water Resources in Poland.” This chapter
discusses the general issue of the amount of water resources in Poland and their
use. Various ways of reducing water consumption, including wastewater treatment
activities, have been identified.
Chapter 3 entitled “Development and Protection of Water Resources in
Protected Areas in Poland in Pursuit of Sustainable Development” was presented
by Roman Cie´ sli´ nski from the Faculty of Oceanography and Geography, University of Gda´ nsk. This chapter discusses the issue of protecting water resources
located in protected areas such as national parks. The author points to the shortcomings of conservation measures due to the lack of an individual approach to
individual protected areas resulting from the varying availability of water resources
and biodiversity.
In Chap. 4, Mariusz Rz˛ etała from the Faculty of Earth Sciences, University of
Silesia in Katowice presented “Anthropogenic Water Reservoirs in Poland.” It
discusses the origin and water resources accumulated in anthropogenic reservoirs in
Poland. The social and economic importance of standing water was assessed against
the background of limnic processes, e.g., thermal processes, oxygen conditions, ice
phenomena, changes in water fertility, salinity.
The last chapter in this part is entitled “Irrigation and Drainage in Polish
Agriculture: State, Problems and Needs.” This chapter was prepared by Leszek
Łab˛ edzki from Institute of Technology and Life Sciences in Falenty, Edmund Kaca
and Andrzej Brandyk from Warsaw University of Life Sciences. The paper discusses
the conditions as well as the current status, techniques, trends and perspectives of
irrigation and drainage in agriculture sector of Poland. Irrigation and drainage infrastructure was found to be in poor condition over the whole country. The study indicates
what various actions should be taken to stimulate the development of irrigation and
drainage, to adapt existing systems to extreme meteorological phenomena resulting
from climate change, to improve their functioning and management.
Ten chapters are presented in Part III entitled “Water Quality Evaluation.”
Chapter 6 entitled “Quality Assessment of Water Resources of River in Poland”
was prepared by Adam Solarczyk from Faculty of Earth Sciences and Spatial
Management, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toru´ n. This chapter assesses the
quality of river water resources in Poland based on selected physicochemical indicators studied in 2010–2015. The spatial diversity of the degree of river pollution in