Chapter 1
Introduction to the “Management
of Water Resources in Poland”
Katarzyna Kubiak-Wójcicka, Martina Zele ˇ
náková,
and Abdelazim M. Negm
Abstract This chapter presents the main features of the book “Management of
Water Resources in Poland” and related current problems and research topics
implemented by scientists dealing with water resources in Poland. The discussed
research issues were divided into 5 thematic blocks. These are: Introduction (I part),
Water Resources in Poland (II part), Change of Flow in Polish Rivers (III part),
Economic Importance of Water Resources (IV part) and Conclusions (V part). The
main technical elements of each chapter are presented under the appropriate topic.
Keywords Management · Surface and underground water resources · Flow
variability · Extreme phenomena · Modeling · Hydropower · Inland waterways ·
Irrigation · Pollution · Poland
1.1 Poland: A Brief Background
The total area of the country according to the administrative division amounts to
312,722 km
2 and includes the land area (including inland waters) of 311,895 km
2
as well as part of internal waters – 827 km
2 . The internal water include part of the
Vistula Bay including waters of ports, a part of Lake Nowowarpie´ nskie and a part
of Szczecin Bay including ´
Swina and Dziwna as well as Kamie´ nski Bay including
waters of ports, Oder between the Szczecin Bay and waters of Szczecin port as well
K. Kubiak-Wójcicka
Department of Hydrology and Water Management, Faculty of Earth Sciences and Spatial
Management, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Lwowska 1, 87-100 Toru´ n, Poland
e-mail: kubiak@umk.pl
M. Zeleˇ náková
Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Technical University,
Košice, Slovakia
e-mail: martina.zelenakova@tuke.sk
A. M. Negm (B)
Water and Water Structures Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Zagazig University,
Zagazig 44519, Egypt
e-mail: Amnegm85@yahoo.com; Amnegm@zu.edu.eg
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
M. Zeleˇ náková et al. (eds.), Management of Water Resources in Poland, Springer Water,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-61965-7_1
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Introduction to the “Management
of Water Resources in Poland”
Katarzyna Kubiak-Wójcicka, Martina Zele ˇ
náková,
and Abdelazim M. Negm
Abstract This chapter presents the main features of the book “Management of
Water Resources in Poland” and related current problems and research topics
implemented by scientists dealing with water resources in Poland. The discussed
research issues were divided into 5 thematic blocks. These are: Introduction (I part),
Water Resources in Poland (II part), Change of Flow in Polish Rivers (III part),
Economic Importance of Water Resources (IV part) and Conclusions (V part). The
main technical elements of each chapter are presented under the appropriate topic.
Keywords Management · Surface and underground water resources · Flow
variability · Extreme phenomena · Modeling · Hydropower · Inland waterways ·
Irrigation · Pollution · Poland
1.1 Poland: A Brief Background
The total area of the country according to the administrative division amounts to
312,722 km
2 and includes the land area (including inland waters) of 311,895 km
2
as well as part of internal waters – 827 km
2 . The internal water include part of the
Vistula Bay including waters of ports, a part of Lake Nowowarpie´ nskie and a part
of Szczecin Bay including ´
Swina and Dziwna as well as Kamie´ nski Bay including
waters of ports, Oder between the Szczecin Bay and waters of Szczecin port as well
K. Kubiak-Wójcicka
Department of Hydrology and Water Management, Faculty of Earth Sciences and Spatial
Management, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Lwowska 1, 87-100 Toru´ n, Poland
e-mail: kubiak@umk.pl
M. Zeleˇ náková
Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Technical University,
Košice, Slovakia
e-mail: martina.zelenakova@tuke.sk
A. M. Negm (B)
Water and Water Structures Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Zagazig University,
Zagazig 44519, Egypt
e-mail: Amnegm85@yahoo.com; Amnegm@zu.edu.eg
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
M. Zeleˇ náková et al. (eds.), Management of Water Resources in Poland, Springer Water,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-61965-7_1
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