Bydgoszcz green and blue. Retention and management of rainwater or snowmelt” – second rainwater project in Bydgoszcz

After the implementation of the project “Construction and reconstruction of the stormwater drainage system and adaptation of the stormwater drainage network to climate change in the city of Bydgoszcz,” which is the first stage of adapting the stormwater drainage system to the radically changing climate and increasing the city’s resilience to progressive change, it has become clear that the sponge city concept has worked. It is already benefiting Bydgoszcz residents, so it will be continued through the Phase II project. Hence the creation of the project “Green-Blue Bydgoszcz. Retention and management of rainwater or snowmelt,” which is intended to lead to the retention of rainwater in urban areas and its management for, among other things, irrigation of greenery. This will eliminate problems with maintaining urban vegetation and make the city resilient to climate change. The project “Bydgoszcz green and blue…” has been evaluated by the National Environmental Protection Fund and has received funding under the European Funds for Infrastructure, Climate, Environment 2021 – 2027 (FEnIKS) program.”

Graduate of the Poznań University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering. He has spent his career in the water supply and sewerage industry – first in Konin, and since 1988 in Bydgoszcz. He has been associated with the Bydgoszcz waterworks since 1995. In September 1999 he was appointed to the Management Board of MWiK, where he has served as President of the Board until today. Between 2002 and 2012, he managed the modernization of the entire Bydgoszcz water supply and sewerage system co-financed by the European Union as part of two investment projects: Bydgoszcz Water and Sewerage System (BSWiK) and Bydgoszcz Water and Sewerage System II (BSWiK II). Parallel to his professional work, he held many positions in the Chamber of Commerce “Polish Waterworks” (from 2006 to 2011 as President of the Chamber); from 2005 to 2006 he was a member of the Board of the Kapuściska Water Company. In 2013-2016, he managed the work related to the development of a comprehensive project “Construction
and reconstruction of the rainwater drainage system and adaptation of the rainwater drainage network to climate change, on the territory of the city of Bydgoszcz”, and then its implementation, which was completed in 2023. This is the first project in Poland that creates the possibility of complete management of rainwater in the city using retention and artificial intelligence.