Water protection in polish environmental policy in 1990–2009

This article presented evaluation of execution of water protection in Polish Environmental Policy. Improvement of water quality and quantity was a effect of improve water management system, partnership in water protection on borderland, regulation of payment and fine mulct in water protection and management, development of small retention, arrangement of water and waste water manage-ment, amendment of water law, co-operation between water management, national economy and ecological education. Positive result of execution of water protection in Polish Environmental Policy, were notice. However, classification of the state of uniform river bodies, showed that most of Polish waters were included to category poor. That's why Poland should proceed activities in water protection.     ...

SUPPLY OF WATER FOR IRRIGATION OF FARMLANDS IN THE NEW ORGANIZATIONAL AND LEGAL CONDITIONS

Types of water abstraction sources for irrigation, examples of water supply and water storage in the farmlands as well as advantages and disadvantages of the suggested solutions were analyzed in the article. In addition, the organizational and legal requirements relating to the groundwater and surface water intakes were discussed. From the point of view of the interests of the farmer it is necessary to know the changes that occurred in the fees and administrative responsibilities related to agricultural water intake, introduced by the new WaterLaw Act since 1 January 2018. The differences between legislation in force and repealed associated with both agricultural water management and environmental protection were demonstrated in the paper. ...