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granted by the Regulation of the Minister of the Environment of December 28, 2017
(Journal of Laws 2017, item 2506).
Changes in the organizational structure in water management were introduced
on January 1, 2018. As a result of these changes, the Boards of Melioration and
Water Facilities were liquidated. The entire water management was taken over by
the “Wody Polskie”, which was established based on the existing Regional Water
Management Boards. It is a state legal entity (Article 9, point 14 of the Act of August
27, 2009 on Public Finance, Journal of Laws of 2016, item 1870, as amended), which
includes the following organizational units (Figs. 3.3 and 3.4):
1. The National Water Management Authority with headquarters in Warsaw;
2. Regional Water Management Authorities with headquarters in Białystok,
Bydgoszcz, Gda´ nsk, Gliwice, Kraków, Lublin, Pozna´ n, Rzeszów, Szczecin,
Warsaw, and Wrocław;
3. 50 catchment management boards;
4. 330 water supervising committees.
Fig. 3.3 Organizational
structure of Pa´ nstwowe
Gospodarstwo Wodne Wody
Polskie
Państwowe Gospodarstwo Wodne
Wody Polskie
National Water Management
Authority
Regional Water
Management
Authority
Catchments
Managements
Boards
Water
Supervising