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Fig. 4.13 Stawiki Reservoir in Sosnowiec—an example of recreational use of the reservoir Photo:
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recirculating aquaculture systems for breeding and farming e.g. sturgeon or African
sharptooth catfish.
The largest complex of fish ponds in Europe with an area of about 8,000 hectares
is the Milicz Ponds in the Barycz River valley. There are also many such ponds in the
Mała Wisła River valley (from the vicinity of Skoczów to the vicinity of O´ swi˛ ecim).
4.6.5 Other
Another use of lentic waters involves the production of electricity in a technological
process (i.e. as a renewable energy source). Water from the reservoirs is used to
drive electric generators at pumped storage power plants situated next to them (at
˙
Zarnowiec with a capacity of 716 MW, Por˛ abka- ˙
Zar—500 MW, Solina—200 MW,
˙
Zydowo—150 MW, Niedzica—93 MW, Dychów—90 MW) as well as at flowthrough hydropower plants (e.g. Włocławek—162 MW, ˙
Zur—9 MW, Czchów—
8 MW). More efficient use of flowing water as an energy resource can be made
where a group of several neighbouring water reservoirs is used, such as in the case
of the Soła River cascade with three hydropower plants, including two flow-through
hydropower plants (in the ˙
Zywiec Reservoir dam and the Por˛ abka Reservoir dam)
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Fig. 4.13 Stawiki Reservoir in Sosnowiec—an example of recreational use of the reservoir Photo:
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recirculating aquaculture systems for breeding and farming e.g. sturgeon or African
sharptooth catfish.
The largest complex of fish ponds in Europe with an area of about 8,000 hectares
is the Milicz Ponds in the Barycz River valley. There are also many such ponds in the
Mała Wisła River valley (from the vicinity of Skoczów to the vicinity of O´ swi˛ ecim).
4.6.5 Other
Another use of lentic waters involves the production of electricity in a technological
process (i.e. as a renewable energy source). Water from the reservoirs is used to
drive electric generators at pumped storage power plants situated next to them (at
˙
Zarnowiec with a capacity of 716 MW, Por˛ abka- ˙
Zar—500 MW, Solina—200 MW,
˙
Zydowo—150 MW, Niedzica—93 MW, Dychów—90 MW) as well as at flowthrough hydropower plants (e.g. Włocławek—162 MW, ˙
Zur—9 MW, Czchów—
8 MW). More efficient use of flowing water as an energy resource can be made
where a group of several neighbouring water reservoirs is used, such as in the case
of the Soła River cascade with three hydropower plants, including two flow-through
hydropower plants (in the ˙
Zywiec Reservoir dam and the Por˛ abka Reservoir dam)