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considered and regulated by provincial governments. In 2004 (after Poland’s entry
into the EU), the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) comprised an official agenda
for Polish water management, in which ten river basin districts were defined. Further,
the National Water Management Authority (i.e., a sector in the Ministry of Environment) was established in 2006 to share the competent authority for water resources
management with the RWMBs. For example, the national authority arranges and
regulates the river basin management plans (RBMPs), whereas the Boards make
reporting, provide the required data, and establish consultations. However, these
management regimes have recently experienced some water-related issues, which
were beyond the jurisdiction of Poland’s Ministry of Environment. Currently, the
Ministry of Environmental Protection, Natural Resources and Forestry is responsible for the water framework directive in Poland (i.e., measures and implications).
Moreover, some individual and small pilot water management projects are carried
out to reduce the water and wastewater treatment costs.
2.7 Poland’s Water Statistics from SCOPUS Resource
Library
Figure 2.1 shows the number of published documents for the study period from 2001
to 2019, handling and addressing the major water issues in Poland [13]. Figure 2.1a
represents the records retrieved from the SCOPUS database using “Water”, “Quality”, and “Poland” as the keywords for search. A total number of documents of about
503 was reported during 2001–2010, which increased by two-fold during 2011–
2019. Furthermore, the documents were searched in the SCOPUS database by using
“Water”, “Resource”, and “Poland” as keywords (Fig. 2.1b), depicting 220 documents during 2001–2010 and 545 documents during 2011–2019. The entire number
of publications using the search keywords “Water”, “Management”, and “Poland”
was 335 documents during 2001–2010, and it increased to 777 documents during
2011–2019 (Fig. 2.1c). The recent improvement in the number of published articles
indicates that the title of “Water Quality, Resource, and Management in Poland” has
become a crucial field of investigation.
The search signified different types of documents, including article (~84%),
conference paper (~10%), review (~3%), and book chapter (~1%). The articles
covered various subject areas such as Environmental Science; Earth and Planetary Sciences; Agricultural and Biological Sciences; Engineering; Social Sciences;
Chemistry. The articles have been published in several international journals,
including Ecological Indicators; Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies;
Science of the Total Environment; Environmental Management; Environmental
Pollution. The aims and scopes covered by these journals include the minimization
of environmental pollution related to human health, and the use and conservation of
natural resources. The journals were managed by several publishers, viz., Springer,
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considered and regulated by provincial governments. In 2004 (after Poland’s entry
into the EU), the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) comprised an official agenda
for Polish water management, in which ten river basin districts were defined. Further,
the National Water Management Authority (i.e., a sector in the Ministry of Environment) was established in 2006 to share the competent authority for water resources
management with the RWMBs. For example, the national authority arranges and
regulates the river basin management plans (RBMPs), whereas the Boards make
reporting, provide the required data, and establish consultations. However, these
management regimes have recently experienced some water-related issues, which
were beyond the jurisdiction of Poland’s Ministry of Environment. Currently, the
Ministry of Environmental Protection, Natural Resources and Forestry is responsible for the water framework directive in Poland (i.e., measures and implications).
Moreover, some individual and small pilot water management projects are carried
out to reduce the water and wastewater treatment costs.
2.7 Poland’s Water Statistics from SCOPUS Resource
Library
Figure 2.1 shows the number of published documents for the study period from 2001
to 2019, handling and addressing the major water issues in Poland [13]. Figure 2.1a
represents the records retrieved from the SCOPUS database using “Water”, “Quality”, and “Poland” as the keywords for search. A total number of documents of about
503 was reported during 2001–2010, which increased by two-fold during 2011–
2019. Furthermore, the documents were searched in the SCOPUS database by using
“Water”, “Resource”, and “Poland” as keywords (Fig. 2.1b), depicting 220 documents during 2001–2010 and 545 documents during 2011–2019. The entire number
of publications using the search keywords “Water”, “Management”, and “Poland”
was 335 documents during 2001–2010, and it increased to 777 documents during
2011–2019 (Fig. 2.1c). The recent improvement in the number of published articles
indicates that the title of “Water Quality, Resource, and Management in Poland” has
become a crucial field of investigation.
The search signified different types of documents, including article (~84%),
conference paper (~10%), review (~3%), and book chapter (~1%). The articles
covered various subject areas such as Environmental Science; Earth and Planetary Sciences; Agricultural and Biological Sciences; Engineering; Social Sciences;
Chemistry. The articles have been published in several international journals,
including Ecological Indicators; Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies;
Science of the Total Environment; Environmental Management; Environmental
Pollution. The aims and scopes covered by these journals include the minimization
of environmental pollution related to human health, and the use and conservation of
natural resources. The journals were managed by several publishers, viz., Springer,