METODYCZNE UWARUNKOWANIA WYDZIELEŃ JCWPd NA PRZYKŁADZIE OBSZARU RZGW KRAKÓW

Abstract

METHODOLOGICAL CONDITIONS OF GROUNDWATER BODIES DISTINCTIONS: AN EXAMPLE OF THE REGIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT BOARD IN KRAKÓWAbstract. In 2003–2004, the State Hydrogeological Service (PSH) made the preliminary distinctions of groundwater bodies (GWB) in Poland in order to evaluate the quantitative and qualitative (chemical) status of useful groundwater. They also became a basis both for identifying aggregated GWB (in 2004) and for regionalization of normal (common) groundwater (2007). These distinctions were based on hydrostructural boundaries of groundwater occurrence. Based on their experiences with the upper Wisła basin within the boundaries of the Regional Water Management Board (RZGW) in Krakow, the authors indicate illegitimacy of such distinctions in structures, where rivers are the drainage basis for groundwater, and where the groundwater resources and quality status are determined by hydrodynamic conditions. They propose to relate distinctions of GWB to groundwater circulation systems.