The results of an analysis of flood and drought risk in the Upper Vistula area and proposed solutions for the diagnosed problems were presented during a conference held under the “Safe Vistula – towards a sustainable future” program on May 14, 2024. Prof. Janusz Zaleski participated in this event organized in Sandomierz, which is a […]

Deputy President of the State Water Holding Polish Waters for Flood and Drought Protection appointed Professor Janusz Zaleski the new Director of the Project Coordination Unit for Odra-Vistula Flood Management Project, effective February 1, 2024.

The works, consisting of as many as six tasks with a total value of more than PLN 200 million, have now been officially closed. Their overriding aim is to strengthen Sandomierz’s flood protection system, protecting residential areas and the Koprzywianka valley from the waters of the Vistula River. The objectives of the task are also […]

More than 13,000 residents and an area of around 570 000 square metres will be directly protected by the reconstruction of the flood embankments. The planned and executed works consisted, among other things, in the extension of approx. 10 km of flood embankments in the estuary section of the Łęg River, i.e. the raising of […]

The opening of the Krosnowice reservoir is a key element of flood protection for the entire region. Located on the Duna stream in the Kłodzko municipality, it can hold almost 2 million cubic metres of water. The entire construction of the reservoir took about five and a half years at a cost of PLN 175 […]

The works in the area of Ślęzoujście Street, located in the north-west of Wrocław, lasted more than a year. Their total cost amounted to PLN 12.6 million, of which PLN 8 million was financed by the Municipality of Wrocław. They were a supplement to the modernisation of the Wrocław Floodway System and provide protection against […]

Today there was the official opening of an important element of flood protection in the Kłodzko Valley. The event was attended by representatives of all parties involved in the project – investors, contractors, state and local authorities. After more than five years of work, the flood control reservoir on the Nysa Kłodzka River, located about […]

On 4 July 2022, at the headquarters of the Maślice Estate Council, the Director of the Road and City Maintenance Management Board in Wrocław and the representatives of the company STRABAG Infrastruktura Południe Sp. z o.o. signed an agreement for the reconstruction of the flood embankment in the line of Ślęzoujście Street with the road […]

The mission of the World Bank and the Council of Europe Development Bank in the framework of the execution of the Oder and Vistula River Basin Flood Protection Project Oder and Vistula. In the course of the Mission, a number of meetings and field visits to selected land construction contracts were organised. Attending the meetings […]

Important investment completed in 2021! An investment worth several hundred million zlotys, completed in 2021 as part of the Oder and Vistula River Basin Flood Protection Project, has increased the flood safety of the Oder and upper Vistula river basins. It is a real protection for the residents of these regions against flooding. The OPDOW […]

Polish Waters increases flood protection for the Kłodzko Land and its activities are divided into several stages. 4 dry polders are currently under construction and their task will be to reduce flood peaks in the Bystrzyca Dusznicka and Nysa Kłodzka Rivers. At the same time, works associated with improvements to existing infrastructure in nine towns […]

On May 7, 2021 Polish Waters and the company Strabag signed a contract for the construction of a modern wharf with a docking facility for eight icebreakers. This new docking-mooring base for icebreakers will be located in the southern part of the city of Szczecin in Karpia St., directly on the bank of the Odra […]

The Polish Waters Flood Operational Centers in Wrocław and Kraków will be upgraded by installing new telecommunications links, which will enable efficient and fast communication between the hydraulic structures located in the basins of the Odra and Vistula Rivers. The contract signed by the State Water Holding Polish Waters Regional Water Management Authority with the […]

We inform that as of February 1, 2021 the address of the office of the Project Coordination Unit (under the Odra-Vistula Flood Management Project) – a Department of the State Water Holding Polish Waters – changed. Given the above, we kindly request you to send any correspondence to our new address: Biuro Koordynacji ProjektuPaństwowe Gospodarstwo […]

Under “The Odra-Vistula Flood Management Project”, #OVFMP, the State Water Holding Polish Waters has started comprehensive improvements to Kraków’s flood protection system. The implementation of this investment will provide protection for 40,000 residents and facilities of strategic importance for the city. On January 19, 2021 the State Water Holding Polish Waters signed a contract with […]

The project “Flood protection of Sandomierz” is implemented by the State Water Holding Polish Waters in Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship as part of the nationwide project “The Odra-Vistula Flood Management Project”. This comprehensive investment is designed to protect life and property of the population living in the city of Sandomierz and its area against the effects of […]

In the past the cities and towns located on the Odra River, including Krosno Odrzańskie, were severely affected by floods. This happened, among others, in 1997 and 2010. The purpose of the investments launched in Krosno Odrzańskie at the beginning of this year, which are implemented under the OVFMP, is to improve flood safety for […]