Experiences of Zielona Góra Waterworks in rainwater and snowmelt management

“Zielonogórskie Wodociągi i Kanalizacja” Sp. z o.o. from 2019 to 2023 implemented the Project entitled: “Upgrading rainwater management in the area of the Zielona Góra Agglomeration – Stage I”, co-financed by the Cohesion Fund, under OPI&E 2014-2020.
The total value of the Project was more than PLN 66 million (including VAT), and the amount of EU support was more than PLN 45 million, accounting for 85% of the Project value.
The Project included 14 tasks for works, thanks to the implementation of which the following material effects were achieved:

• constructed rainwater drainage system with a length of about 6.70 km,
• renovated rainwater drainage system with a length of about 2.52 km,
• constructed retention and infiltration tanks – 5 pcs,
• built 8 pieces of separators for rainwater sub-treatment,
• The area covered by the rainwater management system – 3.49 km2.

In August this year. Zielona Góra Waterworks signed an agreement with the National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management (NFOŚiGW) to subsidize the Project “Arrangement of rainwater management at Zjednoczenia Street in Zielona Góra” under measure FENX.01.02 Adaptation of urbanized areas to climate change.
The planned total value of the Project is over PLN 3 million, and the planned amount of support from the EU is almost PLN 2 million.
The project includes the construction of a rainwater drainage system with retention and seepage tanks, unsealing of an internal road and adaptation of existing green areas into landscaped green spaces with landscaping elements.
The paper will also address the issue of the responsibility of water supply companies for managing rainwater and snowmelt.

He has been President of the Management Board of Zielonogórskie Wodociągi i Kanalizacja for 7 years and has served on the bodies of commercial law companies since 2007.
Graduate of the Higher School of Engineering in Zielona Góra, Poznań University of Economics. Graduate of the Postgraduate Management Academy of the Polish Waterworks Chamber of Commerce at the Cracow University of Economics, participant in the MBA in Public Management. Graduate of the ZWiK Zielona Góra Leadership Academy.
He has held research internships at, among others, the Jeune Chambre Economique (Chambre-Mazamet in France) and the University of Louvain la Neuve (Belgium).
Profesor wizytujący na zagranicznych uczelniach: Beuth University of Applied Sciences Berlin (2016/2017) oraz Slovak University of Technology w Bratysławie (Wydział Materiałoznawstwa i Technologii w Trnawie) (2017/2018).
Currently Professor at the Faculty of Economics and Management at the University of Zielona Gora.
Member of the Sectoral Competence Council for the Water and Wastewater Sector and the Council of the Polish Waterworks Chamber of Commerce.
Author of publications in plumbing trade journals.