General information about Lusatian Neisse basin

and major issues regarding water resources 1st Regional Workshop of NEYMO Project

Iwona Zdralewicz

Görlitz 17.09.2012

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Lenght – 246,1 km

49,6 km – Czech territory

196,5 km - Polish-German border

Area – 4 395 km2 including:

Czech Republic 9%

Germany 33 %

Poland 58 %

Water use at border section

Germany 70 %

Poland 30 %

Source – in Czech republic, on the south-western

slopes of the Jizera Mountains near the Budrichowo.

General information

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Administrative divisions

POLAND

Provinces

dolnośląskie –zgorzelecki district

lubuskie – districts: żarski, krośnieński

GERMANY

Federal countries

Sachsen – district Spree-Neiße, Forst

Brandenburg – district Görlitz

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Explanations:

THE MEGAREGION OF MIDDLE EUROPEAN LOWLAND

The Sub-Province of Southern Baltic Lakeland

The Brandenburg-Lubuskie Lakeland

The Warta-Odra Proglacial Valley

The Zielona Góra Heights

The Sub-Province of Saxon-Lusatian Lowlands

The Lower Lusatian Depression

The Warta-Odra Proglacial Valley

The Lusatian Heights

The Sub-Province of Middle Poland Lowlands

The Milicz-Głogów Depression

The Trzebnica Maraine Line

THE MEGAREGION OF CZECH MASSIF

The Sub-Province of Sudeten with Sudeten Foothills

The Western Sudeten Upland

The Western Sudeten

Mesoregions borders

Sub-provinces borders

State borders

Basin border

Rivers

Lakes

Scale – 1 : 500 000

Physico-geographical division

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Geological structure

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1 Quaternary deposits of river valleys (sands, silts, gravels)

2 Quaternary fluvioglacial deposits (sands, silts, gravels)

3 Quaternary glacial deposits (loam, sands, loam gravels)

4 Tertiary deposits (sands, gravels, clays, and brown coal)

5 Crystalline rocks (granitoids – Precambrian, basalts – Tertiary)

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Land use (according to Corine Land Cover)

Land use %forests 43.6

arable land 29.5

heterogenous agricultural areas 7.9

pastures 7.6

urban fabric 4.9

/ urban fabric

/ industrial, commercial and transport units

/ mine, dump and construction sites

/ artificial, non-agricultural vegetated areas

/ arable land

/ permanent crops

/ pastures

/ heterogeneous agricultural areas

/ forests

/ scrub and/or herbaceous vegetation associations

/ open spaces with little or no vegetation

/ inland wetlands

/ inland waters

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Hydrographic division

Main tributaries of Lusatian Neisse:

Right-side

• Miedzianka

• Witka

• Czerwona Woda

• Jędrzychowicki Potok

• Bielawka

• Żółta Woda

• Skroda

• Wodra

• Lubsza

Left-side

• Mandau

• Pließnitz

• Floßgraben

• Legnitzka

• Föhrenfließ

• Malxe

• Schwarze Fließ

• Buderoser Mühlenfließ

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Lusatian Neisse

Polish

• Porajów

• Sieniawka

• Zgorzelec

• Przewóz

• Gubin

Polish on tributaries

• Turoszów (Miedzianka)

• Ręczyn (Witka)

• Zgorzelec Ujazd (Czerwona Woda)

• Przewoźniki (Skroda)

• Pleśno (Lubsza)

Water gauge stations

German

• Hartau

• Rosental

• Görlitz

• Klein Bademeusel

• Sacro

• Albertinenaue

• Schlagsdorf

• Guben

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Hydrogeological regional division

Regions

Subregions

Subregions

Subregions borders

Major groundwater basins

Groundwater bodies

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Kopalnia Węgla Turów

(wody infiltracyjne)

Przedsiębiorstwo Wodociągów

i Kanalizacji „Nysa”

Zakład Usług Komunalnych w Pieńsku

Miejski Zakład Komunalny

w Łęknicy

Przedsiębiorstwo Usług Miejskich w Gubinie

Elektrownia Turów

Stadtwerke Goerlitz/Weihuebel

Betriebsstelle Hagenwerder

Stadtwerke Zittau GmbH

Weissbachtal

Wasserwerk Leuba

Wasserwerk Bad Muskau

Wasserwerk Forst

Trevira GmbH Guben

Wasserwerk Guben

HKW Guben

Samsung Corning

Celltechnik Londenau GmbH & Co. KG

Wasserwerk Goerlitz Weinhuebel

Tagebau Jaenschwalde

Papierfabrik Bad Muskau

Tagebau Nochten

Neissewasseruberleitung

AGPRO Agrarprodukt Rothenburg

Agrargenossenschaft Zodel

Volksbad Goerlitz

Tagebau Berzdorf (Restlochflutung)

Tagebau Berzdorf (Infiltrationswasser)

Bogatyńskie Wodociągi

i Oczyszczalnia Sieniawka

Oczyszczalnia Pieńsk

Oczyszczalnia Łęknica

Przedsiębiorstwo Oczyszczania Ścieków Gubin-Guben

Kopalnia Węgla Turów

(wody kopalniane)

Klaeranlage Zittau

Klaeranlage Hirschfelde

Klaeranlage Ostritz

Klaeranlage Hagenwerder

Klaeranlage Goerlitz Nord

Klaeranlage Rothenburg

Klaeranlage Bad Muskau

Klaeranlage Forst

Celltechnik Londenau GmbH & Co. KG

HKW Guben/Vorfluten-Ost

Tagebau Jaenschwalde GWRA Briesnig

Tagebau Berzdorf

Betriebsstelle Hagenwerder

Fit GmbH

Users of water resources within Lusatian Neisse basin

Withdrawal (2005):

Polish users (6)

German users (21)

Return flow (2005):

Polish users (7)

German users (14)

Pobory / withdrawal

Zrzuty / return flow

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Water users - mines

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Effective protection of quaternary and uppercoal

Tertiary aquifers which is a consequence of permeable

wall.

The negative impact of coal mine drainage on

undercoal Tertiary aquifer.

Water users – Berzdorf withdrawal

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Water transfer Steinbach

Berzdorf withdrawal

PliessnitzLusatian

NeisseSteinbach

2002 1.915

2003 7.514 0.001

2004 5.786 18.694

2005 7.016 40.690

2006 6.977 34.465 1.156

2007 10.177 47.933 2.209

2008 9.613 35.602

2009 9.050 38.907 0.127

2010 6.673 19.802 0.040

year

Withdrawal [mln m3]

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Water users – water power plants

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Water users – water power plants

Thank you for attention

Iwona Zdralewicz Instytut Meteorologii i Gospodarki Wodnej

Państwowy Instytut Badawczy 51-616 Wrocław, ul.: Parkowa 30

Tel. (71) 32-00-358 iwona.zdralewicz@imgw.pl

www.imgw.pl