Odra

The Ministry of Climate and Environment is launching a recruitment drive for a pilot project of innovative technologies to reduce the salinity of the Oder River. The call for proposals, organised by the National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management (NFOŚiGW), aims to support research into more energy-efficient methods of desalinating mine water and to test these methods under industrial conditions.

The Ministry of Climate and Environment is monitoring the situation on the Oder. It also provided the impetus for developing a system to manage the risk of toxic 'golden algae' blooms.

Dynamic model to enable industrial discharges to 'see each other' launched - summary of Oder inter-ministerial team meeting.

Systemic actions to protect against „golden algae” blooms.

After analysing the current monitoring data from the Chief Inspectorate of Environmental Protection and meteorological forecasts, the Minister of Climate and Environment, Anna Moskwa, decided to convene the Crisis Management Team. The Team issued recommendations for specific remedial actions. The recommendations have been submitted to the Government Centre for Security.

As announced, the Institute of Environmental Protection – National Research Institute has prepared the 'Report on the implementation of experiments for the neutralisation of golden algae in the locks of the Gliwice Canal'. The document summarises the remedial activities supervised by the Institute related to the eradication of Prymnesium parvum, the so-called 'golden" algae,' in the Gliwice Canal.

On 23 June 2023, Minister of Climate and Environment Anna Moskwa met in Wróblin nad Odrą with Opole Voivode Sławomir Kłosowski and the services involved in remedial measures in the Oder River.