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Environmental profile of Wrocław. General profile of Wrocław. Wrocław is the chief city of Lower Silesia situated in the southwest part of Poland. It is one of the oldest and most beautiful towns in Poland. . General profile of Wrocław.
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General profile of Wrocław Wrocław is the chief city of Lower Silesia situated in the southwest part of Poland. It is one of the oldest and most beautiful towns in Poland.
General profile of Wrocław 5 large rivers flow through Wrocław: the Odra River and its 4 tributaries. There are 12 islands and 112 bridges in Wrocław.
Forests There are few forests at the area of Wrocław. The biggest area is covered by national forests – 1300 ha. Parks are the hallmarks of Wrocław’s urban greenery. There are 45 parks in the city.
AIR Commercialpower sector, is the primary source of air pollution in Wrocław. The largest pollutant emissions are seen for: • dust (7878 Mg/year) • sulphur dioxide (4118 Mg/year) • nitrogen oxides (2456 Mg/year) • carbon oxides (1 267 858 Mg/year)
Electromagnetic field Electomagnetic field can influence all organisms. Effects depend on intencity of the field. The most popular artificial sources of electromagnetic fields in the environment include: • –broadcasting antennas of cellular telephony base stations • –base stations antennas of different systems for land mobile radiocommunications • –overhead lines
WATER Thereare many sources of pollutionin The Odra River area. Mainlymatallurgy and heavy industry. Thereareabout 1700 potentialsources of pollution and about 700 significantly influence thecondition of The Odra River and it’stributaries.
THE MOST DANGEROUS POLLUTANTS • Petrochemicals • Petroleumrefining • Steel worksfoundries
Quality of thewater Surface water quality monitoring observations indicate a clear improvement in water quality in the water courses situated in Wrocław. This is due to the collapse of industry responsible for water contamination and due to reduction in the amount of sewage discharged from the sources of pollution that still exist. This is also stems from substantial investment efforts made to modernise the existing wastewater treatment plants and to erect new ones.
Improvement The results of observations show that water quality in the water courses in Wrocław has significantly improved over the last decade or so. Surface water in rivers in the city falls into the 3rd quality class (satisfactory), and in some cases into the 2nd class (good quality).
FLOODS Floodsareverydangerous for the environment. Thebiggestfloodinthehistory of the city took place inJuly 1997.
SOIL Theresults of theanalysesmade by the Wrocław Regional Chemical and AgriculturalStationshowsthatthecontent of phosphorus, potassium and magnesiumsoilswithverylowcontent of theabovemacroelementsrepresentbeetwen20% and 40% of allarable land. Thecontent od heavy metalshasdecreasedinlast 5 years.
WASTE Waste is one of thebiggestenvironmentalproblemsin Wrocław. Itiscoused by thevery high waste productionlevel and low recycling level.
Howcan we help ? • Recycling : paper, plastic and glass • Placing recycling bins atschool • „How to turn rubbish into something useful ?” –school competition • Saving water • Saving electricity • Walking to school • Cleaning the local environment (collecting and recycling rubbish)
