Expectations and reality of IWRM implementation across 30 years of water management in Poland

ABSTRACT

In Poland, starting from the early 1990s, political, economic and social transformations have also included water management. This case study analyses the changes in legislation in Poland over the last 30 years. After implementing IWRM assumptions at the turn of the century, Poland reverted to centralized administrative centres, making it difficult to manage water resources with IWRM principles.

KEYWORDS:

• Water
• law
• integration
• principles

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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Notes

1. Voivodeship – the highest-level administrative unit in Poland, since 1990 a unit of the basic territorial division of government administration, and since 1999 also a local government unit.