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Modeling and Monitoring of Hydrodynamics and Surface Water Quality in the Sulejów Dam Reservoir, Poland
water Article Modeling and Monitoring of Hydrodynamics and Surface Water Quality in the Sulejów Dam Reservoir, Poland Aleksandra Ziemi ´nska-Stolarska 1,* and Magdalena Kempa 2 1 Faculty of Process and Environmental Engineering, Lodz University of Technology, Wólcza´nska213 Str., 90-924 Lodz, Poland 2 Norwegian Institute for Water Research, Gaustadalléen 21 Str., 0349 Oslo, Norway; [email protected] * Correspondence: [email protected] Abstract: The aim of this work is to evaluate core variables of the ecological potential of the Sulejów Reservoir (temperature distribution, flow velocities, and concentrations of selected indicators, e.g., phosphates, nitrates, the abundance of phytoplankton) using a three-dimensional hydrodynamic model, GEMSS-HDM (generalized environmental modeling system for surface waters), coupled with a water quality model, WASP EUTRO (GEMSS-WQM). The monitoring data necessary to build the model were obtained from two multiparameter probes that were submerged in two locations in the Sulejów Reservoir. An ADCP current profiler was used to collect data for hydrodynamic model calibration and verification. Total error between computed and measured velocity was estimated at 10–15%. A high concentration of chlorophyll-a during the vegetation season of 2015 (0.02 mg/L) was coupled with high water temperature (above 25 ◦C) and low concentrations of biogenic compounds (phosphorus and nitrogen at 0.02 and 0.001 mg/L, respectively). In 2015, NO3-N was the limiting nutrient in the Sulejów Reservoir. Maximum growth of algae was observed in June and July 2015 (0.02 mg/L chla) along the entire length of the reservoir; algae bloom volume reduction was observed Citation: Ziemi´nska-Stolarska,A.; in September (0.004 mg/L chla). -
Reservoir Sedimentation Problems in the Vistula River Basin, Poland
Erosion and Sediment Yield: Global and Regional Perspectives (Proceedings of the Exeter Symposium July 1996). IAHSPubl.no. 236, 1996. 501 Reservoir sedimentation problems in the Vistula River basin, Poland ADAM LAJCZAK Institute of Nature Conservation, Polish Academy of Sciences, Lubicz str. 46, 31-512 Cracow, Poland Abstract Existing knowledge of the geometric and hydrological characteristics of existing and planned dam reservoirs in the Vistula River basin, Poland, and of the spatial differentiation of suspended sediment and bed load transport in the area provides a basis for proposing appropriate locations for planned reservoirs in the river basin. If the location and the order of building of the planned dams conform to these proposals, this will result in slow silting of the reservoirs with advantages both for the use of the river as a waterway and for maximizing the useful life of the reservoirs. INTRODUCTION The correct planning of the development multipurpose reservoir systems in large river basins, where the rivers are characterized by different hydrological regimes and different suspended sediment loads and bed load yields, presents an important problem for fluvial sedimentology. Estimation of the useful lifetime of reservoirs of very diffe rent initial geometric and hydrological characteristics, when their functions are fulfilled, must be a prelude to the correct location of planned structures. This time period, which has been estimated for every reservoir studied according to the concept proposed, should not be shorter than the amortization time of the reservoir. The above procedure can be undertaken if the following information is available: (a) the average annual suspended sediment load and bed load as measured at successive gauging stations on the river and its tributaries over a suitable period of time; (b) the initial geometric and hydrological characteristics of existing and planned reservoirs; and (c) the initial trap efficiency for the suspended sediment load of every reservoir studied. -
Ocena Wód Wykorzystywanych Do Zaopatrzenia Ludności W Wodę Przeznaczoną Do Spożycia W Województwie Małopolskim W 2012 Roku
Tabela 3. Ocena wód wykorzystywanych do zaopatrzenia ludności w wodę przeznaczoną do spożycia w województwie małopolskim w 2012 roku Punkt pomiarowo- Ocena Kategoria wód wg wskaźników kontrolny (p.p.k.) spełnienia Kategoria wymagań Nazwa JCWP Kod JCWP Rzeka jakości dla obszarów Nazwa km wód Fizyko-chemicznych Bakteriologicznych chronionych (do poboru w wodę do spożycia) Dorzecze: Wisła kod: 2000 Zlewnia: Wisła od Przemszy do Dunajca kod: 213 Soła A2 - ogólna liczba bakterii T Soła od zbiornika PLRW2000152132999 Soła Kęty 16,4 A2 A1 coli, liczba bakterii coli Czaniec do ujścia fek., paciorkowce fekalne Skawy i jej dopływy Skawa do A2-azot Kjeldahla, A3 ogólna liczba bakterii T PLRW20002134299 Skawa Jordanów 71,1 A3 Bystrzanki fosforany, amoniak coli Skawa od zapory T Poniżej zb. Świnna A2 - ogólna liczba bakterii zbiornika Poręba do PLRW200014213477 Skawa 26,6 A2 A1 coli, liczba bakterii coli Świnna Kleczanki bez fek., paciorkowce fekalne Poręba Kleczanki Powyżej A3 A3 - ogólna liczba bakterii T Stryszawka PLRW200012213469 Stryszawka 3,5 A1 ujęcia coli A2 A2 - ogólna liczba bakterii T PLRW20001221347329 Paleczka Paleczka Zembrzyce 1,2 A1 coli, liczba bakterii coli 9 fek., paciorkowce fekalne A2 A2 - ogólna liczba bakterii T Wieprzówka do PLRW2000122134849 Wieprzówka Rzyki 22,7 A1 coli, liczba bakterii coli Targaniczanki fek., paciorkowce fekalne Skawinka i jej dopływy Gościbia A2 - ogólna liczba bakterii T Skawinka do PLRW20001221356699 Gościbia powyżej 4,3 A2 A1 coli, liczba bakterii coli Głogoczówki ujęcia fek., paciorkowce fekalne Skawinka od A2-zawiesina, BZT5, T Powyżej A3 - ogólna liczba bakterii Głogoczówki do PLRW2000192135699 Skawinka 9,0 A3 azot Kjeldahla, OWO, Skawiny coli, ujścia amoniak Sanka Powyżej A2-barwa, OWO, azot A3 - ogólna liczba bakterii T Sanka PLRW20007213589 Sanka 2,7 A3 ujęcia Kjeldahla, amoniak coli Rudawa Rudawa od A2-azot Kjeldahla, T A3- ogólna liczba bakterii Racławki do PLRW20009213699 Rudawa Podkamycze 9,3 A3 fosforany, mangan, coli, liczba bakterii coli fek. -
Kodujemy Na Zajęciach „Klika” Płynie Wisła, Płynie, Po Polskiej Krainie
W numerze Z biegiem Wisły . .................................................................................................................................................... 2 Rok 2017 to rok rzeki Wisły . ............................................................................................................................. 3 Kodujemy na zajęciach Klika .............................................................................................................................. 4 Kodujemy na zajęciach „Klika” Bez osłonek W bieżącym roku szkolnym wzięliśmy udział w dwóch wydarzeniach związanych z programowaniem. Pierwsze z nich to Code Week – Europejski Tydzień Kodowania, a drugie to Godzina Kodowania. Płynie Wisła, płynie, po polskiej krainie, Tydzień Edukacji Informatycznej jest największą inicjatywą edukacyjną. Można Zobaczyła Kraków, pewnie go nie minie, w niej uczestniczyć na lekcjach i zajęciach w szkole, jak i poza szkołą, indywidualnie lub w grupie. Zobaczyła Kraków, wnet go pokochała, Na naszych zajęciach dzieci poznawały program SCRATCH. Układały proste skrypty i obserwowały efekty swojej pracy. I w dowód miłości wstęgą opasała. Drugim wydarzeniem jest Godzina Kodowania (The Hour of Code Utwór: Od południa stoi wielka Babia Góra - autor anonimowy 1-4.12.2017). Celem tej inicjatywy jest przybliżenie uczniom informatyki w formie łamigłówek z postaciami z ich gier i zabaw, których rozwiązanie polega na ułożeniu programów z gotowych bloczków. Łamigłówki udostępniane w ramach Godziny Kodowania są bardzo interesującym i wciągającym -
Floods in Poland from 1946 to 2001 — Origin, Territorial Extent and Frequency
Polish Geological Institute Special Papers, 15 (2004): 69–76 Proceedings of the Conference “Risks caused by the geodynamic phenomena in Europe” FLOODS IN POLAND FROM 1946 TO 2001 — ORIGIN, TERRITORIAL EXTENT AND FREQUENCY Andrzej DOBROWOLSKI1, Halina CZARNECKA1, Janusz OSTROWSKI1, Monika ZANIEWSKA1 Abstract. Based on the data concerning floods on the territory of Poland during the period 1946–2001, the reasons generating floods, the number of regional floods in the rivers catchment systems, and sites of local floods occurrence, were defined. Both types of floods: caused by riverbank overflows, and land flooding by rain or snow-melt water, were considered. In the most cases, the floods were caused by rainfall. They were connected with changes in the rainfall structure within Po- land. In each season of the year floods of various origin were observed. When the flood initiating factors appeared simulta- neously, the flood grew into a catastrophic size. In present analysis, for the first time in Poland, a large group of local floods has been distinguished. A special attention has been paid to floods caused by sudden flooding of the land (flash flood), including floods in the urban areas — more and more frequent during the recent years. The results of the analyses have provided important data for the assessment of the flood hazard in Poland, and for the creation of a complex flood control strategy for the whole country and/or for selected regions. Key words: flood, classification of floods, floods territorial extent, frequency of floods occurrence, torrential and rapid rain- fall, threat of life, material losses. Abstrakt. Na podstawie zbioru danych z lat 1946–2001 okreœlono przyczyny wystêpowania powodzi w Polsce, liczbê powodzi re- gionalnych w uk³adzie zlewni rzecznych oraz miejsca wyst¹pieñ powodzi lokalnych. -
Pedigree of the Wilson Family N O P
Pedigree of the Wilson Family N O P Namur** . NOP-1 Pegonitissa . NOP-203 Namur** . NOP-6 Pelaez** . NOP-205 Nantes** . NOP-10 Pembridge . NOP-208 Naples** . NOP-13 Peninton . NOP-210 Naples*** . NOP-16 Penthievre**. NOP-212 Narbonne** . NOP-27 Peplesham . NOP-217 Navarre*** . NOP-30 Perche** . NOP-220 Navarre*** . NOP-40 Percy** . NOP-224 Neuchatel** . NOP-51 Percy** . NOP-236 Neufmarche** . NOP-55 Periton . NOP-244 Nevers**. NOP-66 Pershale . NOP-246 Nevil . NOP-68 Pettendorf* . NOP-248 Neville** . NOP-70 Peverel . NOP-251 Neville** . NOP-78 Peverel . NOP-253 Noel* . NOP-84 Peverel . NOP-255 Nordmark . NOP-89 Pichard . NOP-257 Normandy** . NOP-92 Picot . NOP-259 Northeim**. NOP-96 Picquigny . NOP-261 Northumberland/Northumbria** . NOP-100 Pierrepont . NOP-263 Norton . NOP-103 Pigot . NOP-266 Norwood** . NOP-105 Plaiz . NOP-268 Nottingham . NOP-112 Plantagenet*** . NOP-270 Noyers** . NOP-114 Plantagenet** . NOP-288 Nullenburg . NOP-117 Plessis . NOP-295 Nunwicke . NOP-119 Poland*** . NOP-297 Olafsdotter*** . NOP-121 Pole*** . NOP-356 Olofsdottir*** . NOP-142 Pollington . NOP-360 O’Neill*** . NOP-148 Polotsk** . NOP-363 Orleans*** . NOP-153 Ponthieu . NOP-366 Orreby . NOP-157 Porhoet** . NOP-368 Osborn . NOP-160 Port . NOP-372 Ostmark** . NOP-163 Port* . NOP-374 O’Toole*** . NOP-166 Portugal*** . NOP-376 Ovequiz . NOP-173 Poynings . NOP-387 Oviedo* . NOP-175 Prendergast** . NOP-390 Oxton . NOP-178 Prescott . NOP-394 Pamplona . NOP-180 Preuilly . NOP-396 Pantolph . NOP-183 Provence*** . NOP-398 Paris*** . NOP-185 Provence** . NOP-400 Paris** . NOP-187 Provence** . NOP-406 Pateshull . NOP-189 Purefoy/Purifoy . NOP-410 Paunton . NOP-191 Pusterthal . -
4.Rekonstrukcja Rozmieszczenia Młynów Łodnych Na Drwęcy I Pomorskim Odcinku Wisły W Pierwszej Połowie Xix Wieku
PRACE KOMISJI KRAJOBRAZU KULTUROWEGO ISSN 1896-1460 e-ISSN 2391-5293 DISSERTATIONS OF CULTURAL LANDSCAPE COMMISSION www.cultural-landscape.us.edu.pl No. 40 (2) 2018, 71–89 DOI 10.30450/201816 Dariusz Brykała1, Maciej Prarat2 1 Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization Polish Academy of Sciences in Toruń, Poland e-mail: [email protected] 2 Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Institute for the Study and Conservation of Cultural Monuments, Poland e-mail: [email protected] REKONSTRUKCJA ROZMIESZCZENIA MŁYNÓW ŁODNYCH NA DRWĘCY I POMORSKIM ODCINKU WISŁY W PIERWSZEJ POŁOWIE XIX W. RECONSTRUCTION OF BOAT MILLS DISTRIBUTION ON THE DRWĘCA RIVER AND THE POMERANIAN PART OF THE VISTULA RIVER IN THE EARLY NINETEENTH CENTURY Streszczenie Artykuł przedstawia wyniki kwerendy źródeł archiwalnych i materiałów kartograficznych, które pozwoliły na odtworzenie lokalizacji młynów łodnych na dolnym odcinku Wisły i Drwęcy. Zidentyfikowano w sumie położenie 9 obiektów na Wiśle oraz 3 na Drwęcy. Z opracowań dla wcześniejszych okresów wiadomo o kolejnych 6 lokali- zacjach na Wiśle, które w większości nie były już wykorzystywane w XIX w. Stwierdzono ponadto występowanie w korycie rzecznym specjalnych budowli hydrotechnicznych towarzyszących młynom pływającym oraz dość częste relokacje pływaków. Abstract This article presents the results of an inquiry into written sources and cartographic materials which allowed the recreation of the locations of boat mills on the lower Vistula and Drwęca rivers. In total, there were 9 locations on the Vistula River and 3 on the Drwęca. From the research works referring to the earlier periods, we know that there were 6 locations on the Vistula, the majority of which had already gone out of use in the 19th century. -
Low-Carbon-Funding-Report-Mazovia
INDIVIDUAL REGIONAL BASELINE REPORTS ON LOW CARBON INVESTMENTS FUNDING MAZOVIA REGION Preface Present Individual Regional Baseline Reports on Low Carbon Investments Funding is a strategic document to be delivered for seven Partner Regions under the Project entitled “PROmoting regional Sustainable Policies on Energy and Climate change mitigation Towards 2030” funded by the Interreg CENTRAL EUROPE Programme. Partner Region: Mazovia Region Programme priority: 2. Cooperating on low-carbon strategies in CENTRAL EUROPE Specific objective: 2.2 To improve territorial based low-carbon energy planning stra- tegies and policies supporting climate change mitigation Project acronym: Prospect2030 Project index number: CE1373 Lead partner: Piemonte Region Project start date: 01.04.2019 Project end date: 30.09.2021 Deliverable number: D.T1.1.2 Prepared by: PP3 MAE Date: 28.11.2019 Table of Contents 1. Background ..........................................................................................1 2. Presentation of the target region ................................................................2 2.1. General presentation of the target region ................................................2 2.2. Potentials for low-carbon sector development ...........................................3 2.2.1. Energy efficiency ........................................................................3 2.2.2. Renewables ...............................................................................3 2.3. Regional low-carbon policies, institutional framework and policy -
Demonstration of the Bzura River Restoration Using Diatom Indices
Biologia 66/3: 411—417, 2011 Section Botany DOI: 10.2478/s11756-011-0032-3 Demonstration of the Bzura River restoration using diatom indices Barbara Rakowska & Ewelina Szczepocka Algology Laboratory, Department of Algology and Mycology, University ofLód´ z, 12/16 Banacha Str. PL-20-237 Lód´ z, Poland; e-mail: [email protected] Abstract: The quality of running waters is reflected in the composition of benthic diatom assemblages. The biological assessment of changes in the composition, and thus of changes in water quality, was carried out in the lowland mid-sized Bzura River, Central Poland, over the period of 30 years. The benthic diatom material consisted of samples collected in two investigation periods, in 1972 and in 2003–2004. The methods applied were three diatom indices, IPS – Specific Pollution Sensitivity Index, GDI – Genetic Diatom Index and TDI –Trophic Diatom Index, and the OMNIDIA computer program, which are commonly used in Europe. The aim of the study was demonstrating the process of restoration that occurred in the river. The Bzura was included to the most polluted ones in Poland till 1996. Since 1998 a gradual improvement in water quality has been observed, which is caused by a number of biological-technical measures, mostly a proper organization of sewage management in most cites located on the river. In 1972 the IPS classified Bzura water into Water Quality Class IV-V, while in 2003–2004 it reached much higher values, i.e. Class III-IV. On the basis of the GDI Class III was determined in the whole river in 2003–2004, while its values indicated Class III-IV in 1972. -
Transformation of the Flow Regime of a Large Allochthonous River in Central Europe—An Example of the Vistula River in Poland
water Article Transformation of the Flow Regime of a Large Allochthonous River in Central Europe—An Example of the Vistula River in Poland Dariusz Wrzesi ´nski and Leszek Sobkowiak * Department of Hydrology and Water Management, Institute of Physical Geography and Environmental Planning, Faculty of Geographical and Geological Sciences, Adam Mickiewicz University, Krygowskiego str. 10, 61-712 Pozna´n,Poland; [email protected] * Correspondence: [email protected] Received: 31 December 2019; Accepted: 10 February 2020; Published: 12 February 2020 Abstract: Identification of river flow regime and its possible changes caused by natural factors or human activity is one of major issues in modern hydrology. In such studies different approaches and different indicators can be used. The aim of this study is to determine changes in flow regime of the largest river in Poland—the Vistula, using new, more objectified coefficients and indices, based on data recorded in 22 gauges on the Vistula mainstream and 38 gauges on its tributaries in the multi-year period 1971–2010. The paper consists of three main parts: in the first part, in order to recognize changes in the flow regime characteristics along the Vistula, data from gauges located on the river mainstream were analyzed with the help of the theory of entropy. In the second part gauging stations on the Vistula mainstream and its tributaries were grouped; values of the newly introduced pentadic Pardé’s coefficient of flow (discharge) (PPC) were taken as the grouping criterion. In the third part of the study a novel method of determining river regime characteristics was applied: through the recognition of the temporal structure of hydrological phenomena and their changes in the annual cycle sequences of hydrological periods (characteristic phases of the hydrological cycle) on the Vistula River mainstream and its tributaries were identified and their occurrence in the yearly cycle was discussed. -
Changes of the Vistula River Channel Pattern and Overbank Accumulation Rate in the Carpathian Foreland (South Poland) Under Human Impact
PL ISSN 0081-6434 studia geomorphologica carpatho-balcanica vol. lV, 2021 : 153 – 184. ADAM ŁaJcZaK (KraKÓW) CHANGES OF THE VISTULA RIVER CHANNEL PATTERN AND OVERBANK ACCUMULATION RATE IN THE CARPATHIAN FORELAND (SOUTH POLAND) UNDER HUMAN IMPACT Abstract : the rate of overbank accumulationth in the Vistula floodplain within the carpathian Foreland has increased since at least the 16 century as a result of drainage basin deforestation (mainly in the carpathian portion) and agricultural use of this area. however, since the 1850s, additional causes have included deepening of the Vistula channel and its tributaries (mainly the carpathian ones) initiated by regulation works which delivered additional sediment for overbank accumulation within the inter-embankment zone. since the 1950s, a rapid decrease in the overbank accumulation rate was noted. this resulted from the retention of the majority of the sediment by deep reservoirs on the carpathian tributaries of the Vistula, reforestation of- the carpathian portion of the drainage basin, and the slowing down of the rate of deepening of the Vistula channel. an estimate was made of the differentiation of the rate of overbank accu mulation within the inter-embankment zone in the longitudinal profile of the study section of the Vistula. the author proposed a modified model of temporal change of the rate of overbank accumulation in section of the course of the Vistula studied, distinguishing a stage in which changeKeywords was influenced by regulation works. : overbank accumulation, floodplain, inter-embankment zone, inter-groyne basin, river regulation, river Vistula, carpathian Foreland INTRODUCTION accumulation of sediment transported by mountain rivers on floodplains in mountain forelands has occurred as a result of increasing human impact during the recent centuries (Wolman 1967; gregory 1987; starkel 1987a,- 1994, 1995a, 2001b, 2005, 2014; Łajczak 1995a, 1999; czajka 2000; Warowna 2003; Łajczak et al. -
Detection of Changes in Flow Regime of Rivers in Poland
J. Hydrol. Hydromech., 66, 2018, 1, 55–64 DOI: 10.1515/johh-2017-0045 Detection of changes in flow regime of rivers in Poland Dariusz Wrzesiński, Leszek Sobkowiak* Adam Mickiewicz University, Institute of Physical Geography and Environmental Planning, Chair of Hydrology and Water Management, Bogumiła Krygowskiego 10 str., 61-680 Poznań, Poland. * Corresponding author. E-mail: [email protected] Abstract: The aim of this study is to detect changes in flow regime of rivers in Poland. On the basis of daily discharges recorded in 1951–2010 at 159 gauging stations located on 94 rivers regularities in the variability of the river flow characteristics in the multi-year period and in the annual cycle were identified and also their spatial uni- formity was examined. In order to identify changes in the characteristics of river regime, similarities of empirical distribution functions of the 5-day sets (pentads) of discharges were analyzed and the percent shares of similar and dissimilar distributions of the 5-day discharge frequencies in the successive 20-year sub-periods were compared with the average values of discharges recorded in 1951–2010. Three alternative methods of river classification were employed and in the classification procedure use was made of the Ward’s hierarchical clustering method. This resulted in identification of groups of rivers different in terms of the degree of transformation of their hydro- logical regimes in the multi-year and annual patterns. Keywords: Flow regime; Detection of changes; Empirical distribution function; Typological classification; Ward’s hier- archical clustering method. INTRODUCTION comparative hydrology stressed the role of the flood timescales as an important parameter integrating a range of climate and Identification and understanding of the multi-year changea- catchment.