Water mismanagement in Poland group2
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Poland faces significant challenges with fresh water resources. It has less water per capita than the average EU citizen, drawing 12 billion cubic meters annually from the environment. Water is wasted through leaky infrastructure and household appliances, while industry consumes over 71% of Poland's water, mostly for cooling. Agriculture also pollutes water sources with excessive chemicals. As a result, about 80% of Polish rivers fail water purity standards. However, water consumption and pollution levels have gradually decreased in recent years through conservation projects, improved infrastructure, and higher water bills.
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The document summarizes various topics related to water pollution including:
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- 3. Waste of water in water supply networks reaches 25%. Another reason is leaking taps in houses and flats, and water- consuming household appliances.
- 4. Water is also wasted by the industry which consumes over 71% of the total water used in Poland. People in Poland use three and a half times less water for everyday needs. Most of the water in the industry is used for cooling purposes, but only every second plant uses it in a closed cycle.
- 6. 85% of water in Poland returns to the environment as sewage. The vast majority of these waters are cooling waters, conventionally called "clean." Why? Because treated wastewater should not contain harmful chemicals or microorganisms. Theoretically, they should not require further treatment. However, they increase the temperature of rivers and lakes, contributing, among others, to excessive growth of algae and bacteria. Only 43% of wastewater in several dozen of the largest Polish cities is effectively treated.
- 8. Agriculture is also a significant burden to the environment - excess of chemicals washed out from the fields, and usually no sewage system to ensure even minimal drainage of the chemicals to mention the least problems. As a result, about 80% of Polish rivers do not meet any standards of purity, nor they are potable.
- 9. It is comforting that the amount of pollution is gradually decreasing. The crisis of the Polish industry has its share in it, but also the more and more effective system of water quality control, and increased water bills.
- 11. Water consumption has also decreased in the last few years. An example of effective actions may be the Polish-American project implemented in 1994–2000 in Radom. In more than 1,800 flats and houses water- saving showers were installed, and taps were fitted with aerators - devices that disperse water stream. Thanks to these simple solutions, water consumption has been reduced by around 15%.