Work

Stormwater management in urbanised areas in Poland. Analysis and assessment of current legislation

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: The issue of stormwater has an interdisciplinary dimension, but the work focuses on its legal and environmental aspects. The article analyses and evaluates Polish legal regulations in the field of stormwater management in urbanised areas. These regulations focus particularly on two different areas. The first is the discharge of stormwater into waters or the ground. The second concerns the reduction of natural land retention (the “rain tax”). These activities are always considered a form of water use that incurs a fee determined in accordance with the provisions of the Water Law. In both areas, both practice and legal doctrine raise interpretative doubts that stem from the applicable normative solutions. These doubts particularly concern the determination of entities obliged to take specific actions or the scope of application of the fee for reducing natural land retention. This, in turn, translates into difficulties in applying the law and non-uniformity of decisions made.

Source: Bulletin of Geography Socio-economic series

DOI: 10.12775/bgss-2024-0027

Authors: Michał Marszelewski, Adam Piasecki, Bartosz Kaźmierczak

Institutions: Nicolaus Copernicus University, Wrocław University of Science and Technology

Language: English

Topic: Urban Stormwater Management Solutions

Subfield: Environmental Engineering

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDGs: Clean water and sanitation, Peace, justice, and strong institutions, Sustainable cities and communities

Open Access status: diamond

Funder: Uniwersytet Mikolaja Kopernika w Toruniu