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Table 3.1 List of water management authorities in Poland (until December 31, 2017)
Authority
Competences
Area
Regional Water Management
Authority
Managing waters with discharge
greater than 2 m 3 per second
(water management plans)
Basin
Provincial Drainage and Water
Facilities
Managing waters with discharge
less than 2 m 3 per second and
waters agriculturally significant,
lakes, ditches, and canals
Voivodeship
Provincial Environment
Protection Inspector
Water quality in rivers and lakes Voivodeship
Regional Environment
Protection Management
Nature protection as a part of
assessments of environment
impact, protection, and
management of various sorts of
nature protection
Voivodeship
Local municipal government,
city mayor or president
Issuing water law consents for
special water use
Administrative area of a
commune or a city
Provincial crisis management
centre
Facilitation of cooperation of all
governmental and municipal
administration units in the scope
of prevention of environmental
diseases or environmental
threats, e.g., floods
Monitoring of threat degree, e.g.
from surface waters
Voivodeship
Institute of Meteorlogy and
Water Management National
Research Institute
Conducting systematic
measurements and observations
with the use of the network of
meteorological and hydrological
stations
Creation and distribution of
hydrological and meteorological
forecasts
Administrative
departments
In the meantime, the new government has created a new Water Law Act that was
announced on July 20, 2017. The Act introduced significant changes in the field of
water management, which entered into force on January 1, 2018.
3.3.2 Assessment of the State of Water Management
in Poland
The decentralized (or polycentric) system of water management that existed in years
2001–2017 in Poland has faced criticism from society, scientists and users of water
resources in the recent years. Among the causes of poor water, management state
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Table 3.1 List of water management authorities in Poland (until December 31, 2017)
Authority
Competences
Area
Regional Water Management
Authority
Managing waters with discharge
greater than 2 m 3 per second
(water management plans)
Basin
Provincial Drainage and Water
Facilities
Managing waters with discharge
less than 2 m 3 per second and
waters agriculturally significant,
lakes, ditches, and canals
Voivodeship
Provincial Environment
Protection Inspector
Water quality in rivers and lakes Voivodeship
Regional Environment
Protection Management
Nature protection as a part of
assessments of environment
impact, protection, and
management of various sorts of
nature protection
Voivodeship
Local municipal government,
city mayor or president
Issuing water law consents for
special water use
Administrative area of a
commune or a city
Provincial crisis management
centre
Facilitation of cooperation of all
governmental and municipal
administration units in the scope
of prevention of environmental
diseases or environmental
threats, e.g., floods
Monitoring of threat degree, e.g.
from surface waters
Voivodeship
Institute of Meteorlogy and
Water Management National
Research Institute
Conducting systematic
measurements and observations
with the use of the network of
meteorological and hydrological
stations
Creation and distribution of
hydrological and meteorological
forecasts
Administrative
departments
In the meantime, the new government has created a new Water Law Act that was
announced on July 20, 2017. The Act introduced significant changes in the field of
water management, which entered into force on January 1, 2018.
3.3.2 Assessment of the State of Water Management
in Poland
The decentralized (or polycentric) system of water management that existed in years
2001–2017 in Poland has faced criticism from society, scientists and users of water
resources in the recent years. Among the causes of poor water, management state