Environmental Advisory Services in Poland

This contract, funded by European Funds as part of the project 'Development of Projects for the Third Update of Water Management Plans in River Basin Areas (III aPGW) along with the planning documentation that forms the basis for their preparation' (project number FENX.02.04.-IW.01-0047/24), involves identifying anthropogenic pressures and spatially visualizing them for all categories of surface waters. The contract will consist of the following stages: 1. Stage I – Development of a methodology for compiling data on anthropogenic pressures for all categories of uniform parts of surface waters, along with data collection. This stage includes: 1) creating a methodology for compiling data on anthropogenic pressures (excluding hydromorphological pressures) for all categories of uniform parts of surface waters and their catchments; 2) collecting data on anthropogenic pressures for each uniform part of surface water and its catchment. 2. Stage II – Development of a database of anthropogenic pressures affecting uniform parts of surface waters and their catchments, assigning data to each uniform part separately. This stage includes: 1) creating a database of anthropogenic pressures in a uniform system for the entire area of Poland, and for transitional and coastal waters additionally in WGS84 (World Geodetic System '84); 2) preparing a final report summarizing the work completed under the contract. A detailed description of the subject of the contract is included in Annex No. 1 to the SWZ – Description of the subject of the contract.