Selected field and laboratory studies on the Nysa Kłodzka River

The author will present the results of field and laboratory research carried out by the Institute of Environmental Engineering at the Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences on the Nysa Kłodzka River with regard to water management. Environmental flow studies were carried out on this section of the river; these flows are of particular importance to river users and to flora and fauna (minimum flow requirements) during low-water and dry periods. Sediment samples were also collected from the riverbed upstream and downstream of the Nysa–Otmuchów–Kozielno–Topola reservoir cascade, and from the section where the fifth reservoir, Kamieniec Ząbkowicki, is under construction. An analysis of the river sediment of the Nysa Kłodzka is essential in terms of the morphological processes of the river channel, as well as the transport and siltation of the four existing reservoirs and the newly planned Kamieniec Ząbkowicki reservoir. An analysis of the management of sediments deposited in the aforementioned reservoirs will also be presented. The new Kamieniec Ząbkowicki reservoir, in accordance with the guidelines of the Regulation of the Minister of Infrastructure of 2026, requires testing on a physical model. This research is being carried out at the Institute of Environmental Engineering, and the preliminary results will also be presented at the conference.

Academic at the Faculty of Environmental Engineering and Geodesy, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, and Director of the Institute of Environmental Engineering. Specialist in river channel hydraulics and hydraulic structures, water engineering and water management, physical modelling, hydropower and bedload transport. Representative of the Rector of the Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences for water management in the Odra river basin; member of, amongst others, TRMEW and the Committee on Environmental Engineering of the Polish Academy of Sciences – Section V ‘Environmental Engineering and Sustainable Development’. Between 2007 and 2013, he served as an expert on the Team for the Evaluation of Educational and Infrastructure Projects (OPI Warsaw) under the Infrastructure and Environment Operational Programme 2007–2013.