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Poland expands flood management, adds river renaturation

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2026-07-26 14:25 UTC → 2026-08-01 18:04 UTC · added removed

Poland’s climate‑adaptation programme continues to broaden, adding new basins, reservoir upgrades, drought measures is expanding flood management and monitoring across the country. In Kocmyrzów‑Luborzyca two modern river renaturation nationwide. New basins (about 1,900 m³) are under construction, being built in Kocmyrzów‑Luborzyca (≈1,900 m³, 85 % EU‑funded, EU‑funded) with completion targeted within 430 days. Tests a 430‑day target, while tests at Racibórz’s retention‑tank showed the Ocicka basin retaining runoff well while the Opawska basin overflowed, prompting led to plans for an extra basin to protect streets and a national road. Toruń is deepening the Kaszownik reservoir with a near‑10 million‑zł investment (over 6 million zł from EU climate and infrastructure funds) to boost increase flood‑mitigation capacity and public access. The Gniezno lake district awaits a permit to restore water levels by linking the Ślesiński Canal to the Jóźwin II B mine for summer tourism. Aleksandrów’s contract with BUD‑AN will rebuild Projects also include rebuilding the Sieczka reservoir, clearing the basin floor, reinforcing banks and improving retention against drought. In Szczecin, flooding on Derdowskiego Street continues while a new drainage collector is delayed pending a water‑law permit. reservoir in Aleksandrów, modernising Starachowice’s Piachy Reservoir modernization, started early 2026 with 7.7 million zł EU funding, will turn the swimming area into a year‑round recreation centre with expanded beaches, paths, a pier, observation deck, camping sites centre, and accessibility features. Piła is installing 11 piezometers up to 50 m deep around Lake Płotki for a year‑long study of to monitor its declining level. The decline. Gmina Poniec is dredging converting a silted dredged pond and converting it into a retention reservoir for the new Berlinek estate, funded half by the Regional Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management. Local authorities also approved a 200 mm sanitary sewage network was approved in Gmina Szemud and reiterated private‑water extraction limits. Szemud. The European Regional Centre for Eco‑hydrology continues highlights that river regulation peaked in 2003 (858.5 km) and fell to urge 47.4 km by 2023, prompting the State Water Management authority to promote blue‑green infrastructure and river renaturation amidst a long‑term drop in regulation projects. to improve groundwater recharge and buffer flood and drought extremes. Recent contracts will modernise Pułtusk Pump Station No. 1, expanding its inlet and installing new pumps, and upgrade Jaworzno’s Bory estate water‑supply network by replacing 1,000 m of pipelines.

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  1. 2026-08-01 18:04 UTC Poland expands flood management, adds river renaturation
  2. 2026-07-26 14:25 UTC Poland expands flood management, adds river renaturation

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