Water permit reports

A water permit report is prepared to obtain a water permit. Under Article 389 of the Polish Act of 20 July 2017 – Water Law (Prawo wodne, Dz. U. z 2025 r. poz. 960, as amended), unless the Act provides otherwise, a water permit is required for:

1) water services;
2) special use of waters;
3) long-term lowering of the groundwater table;
4) remediation of surface water or groundwater;
5) introducing substances inhibiting algae growth into surface waters;
6) construction of water facilities;
7) regulation of waters, development of mountain streams and shaping of new beds of natural watercourses;
8) changing the shape of land adjacent to waters that affects water flow conditions;
9) routing bridges, pipelines, cables in protective pipes or culverts through flowing surface waters and flood embankments;
10) routing overhead power and telecommunication lines across inland waterways and flood embankments.
Under Article 390(1) of the Act, a water permit is also required for:
1) locating in areas of particular flood risk:
a) new projects likely to have a significant effect on the environment,
b) new buildings;
2) storing wastewater, chemicals and other materials that may pollute waters in areas of particular flood risk, and treating waste in those areas, in particular landfilling, if a decision referred to in Article 77(3) has been issued.
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