The Identification of Risks for Drinking Water Intakes in Urbanized Area: The Case Study of Toruń (Central Poland)
This article discusses the problem of natural hazards connected with climatic changes and their influence on water safety. A medium-sized town in central Poland which is supplied with consumption water from both underground water intakes and surface water resources was selected as a case study. Natu...
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| author | Katarzyna Kubiak-Wójcicka Izabela Jamorska Łukasz Górski |
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| description | This article discusses the problem of natural hazards connected with climatic changes and their influence on water safety. A medium-sized town in central Poland which is supplied with consumption water from both underground water intakes and surface water resources was selected as a case study. Natural hazards, such as droughts or floods, were identified and the risk of the occurrence of natural hazards concerning water supply systems assessed. The findings of the archived data analysis for the period 1971–2020 helped to identify extreme circumstances, the occurrence of which had an impact on secure water supplies in terms of quantity. Moreover, the results obtained indicate that the greatest influence had all the situations connected with the Drwęca low water discharge, which in the long term could lead to temporary water shortages. In the analyzed period, there was a significant increase in the number of days without precipitation, together with a statistically significant increase in the average annual air temperature. Meteorological hazards related to days without precipitation far outweighed the occurrence of days with intense precipitation. The analysis of water table fluctuations observed at the Jedwabno infiltration intake showed a high sensitivity of the aquifer to atmospheric conditions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-afac1476606d439eb3a331315a1603cd2023-11-23T03:14:38ZengMDPI AGWater2073-44412021-12-011323337810.3390/w13233378The Identification of Risks for Drinking Water Intakes in Urbanized Area: The Case Study of Toruń (Central Poland)Katarzyna Kubiak-Wójcicka0Izabela Jamorska1Łukasz Górski2Faculty of Earth Sciences and Spatial Management, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Lwowska 1, 87-100 Toruń, PolandFaculty of Earth Sciences and Spatial Management, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Lwowska 1, 87-100 Toruń, PolandToruń Waterworks, Department of Surface Water Intakes “Drwęca-Jedwabno”, Dworcowa 1B, 87-162 Lubicz, PolandThis article discusses the problem of natural hazards connected with climatic changes and their influence on water safety. A medium-sized town in central Poland which is supplied with consumption water from both underground water intakes and surface water resources was selected as a case study. Natural hazards, such as droughts or floods, were identified and the risk of the occurrence of natural hazards concerning water supply systems assessed. The findings of the archived data analysis for the period 1971–2020 helped to identify extreme circumstances, the occurrence of which had an impact on secure water supplies in terms of quantity. Moreover, the results obtained indicate that the greatest influence had all the situations connected with the Drwęca low water discharge, which in the long term could lead to temporary water shortages. In the analyzed period, there was a significant increase in the number of days without precipitation, together with a statistically significant increase in the average annual air temperature. Meteorological hazards related to days without precipitation far outweighed the occurrence of days with intense precipitation. The analysis of water table fluctuations observed at the Jedwabno infiltration intake showed a high sensitivity of the aquifer to atmospheric conditions.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/13/23/3378drinking waterfloodsdroughtrisk analysisclimate change |
| spellingShingle | Katarzyna Kubiak-Wójcicka Izabela Jamorska Łukasz Górski The Identification of Risks for Drinking Water Intakes in Urbanized Area: The Case Study of Toruń (Central Poland) Water drinking water floods drought risk analysis climate change |
| title | The Identification of Risks for Drinking Water Intakes in Urbanized Area: The Case Study of Toruń (Central Poland) |
| title_full | The Identification of Risks for Drinking Water Intakes in Urbanized Area: The Case Study of Toruń (Central Poland) |
| title_fullStr | The Identification of Risks for Drinking Water Intakes in Urbanized Area: The Case Study of Toruń (Central Poland) |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Identification of Risks for Drinking Water Intakes in Urbanized Area: The Case Study of Toruń (Central Poland) |
| title_short | The Identification of Risks for Drinking Water Intakes in Urbanized Area: The Case Study of Toruń (Central Poland) |
| title_sort | identification of risks for drinking water intakes in urbanized area the case study of torun central poland |
| topic | drinking water floods drought risk analysis climate change |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/13/23/3378 |
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