Institute of Environmental Engineering Systems

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Institute of EnvironmentalEngineering Systems

• Nowowiejska 20
• 00-653 Warsaw, Poland

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Highlights

• Multidisciplinary approach to environmental
  problems at the national or regional level
• Structure - branches
• Environmental Biology,
• Environmental Chemistry,
• Meteorology and Atmosphere Protection,
• Hydrology and Water Management,
• Mathematical Methods Application,
• Protection of Urban Environment

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Principal research areas

• mathematical computer modelling of
• atmospheric dynamics, air quality, air pollution
  impacts
• hydrological processes in rivers, lakes and
  groundwater, pollution problems
• biological methods of water purification, removal
  organic inorganic substances (incl. petroleum)
  from wastewater, soil and exhaust gases,
  ecotoxicology, soil remediation, microorganisms
  in technical systems, biogas production
• waste management

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EU-project participation

• EUROLAKES
• Production of biogas and fertilisers out of wood
  and straw (PROBIO)
• Innovative process for the on-site
  decontamination of soils (ECO-SOIL)
• An innovate method for the on-site remediation of
  polluted soil under existing infrastructures
  (CLEANSOIL)

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Possible collaboration areas

• Hydrology and Water Management Branch proposal
  presented separately
• Interest towards current NTNU projects AWAST,
  SENSPOL BEEP
• Applications for NFM-funded collaboration with
  Norwegian partners (Nov. '05) nationwide air
  quality modeling and forecasting system (4 Polish
  institutes Met.no)

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Faculty of Environmental Engineering

• Experience Comprehensive knowledge of problems,
  solutions and technologies within a domain of
  water protection and water management

Recent international projects 1. EUROLAKES
(2001-2004) FP5 Project of EU on large and
deep European lakes with 15 European
partners 2. ENMOS (2000-2004) EUREKA! Project
on developing continuous monitoring of water
quality in surface waters with two Norwegian
partners NIVA (Oslo) and OCEANOR (Trondheim)
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ENMOS system

• system consisting of 5 land-based monitoring
  stations measuring continuously water quality
  (basic chemical parameters)in Zegrzynski water
  reservoir and in its two tributaries (Bug and
  Narew rivers) operated by Division of Hydrology
  and Water Management

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ENMOS system
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Five monitoring stations
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ENMOS monitoring station
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Project proposal

• Environmental Engineering Research
• on
• Early Warning Systems for Water Reservoirs
• Prof. Marek Nawalany
• Division of Hydrology and Water Management
• Faculty of Environmental Engineering

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Project proposal

• Departure point The ENMOS system
• Goal of the Project
• Developing an Early Warning System for water
  intakes located in water reservoirs

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Early Warning Systems for Water Reservoirs

• Development aspects of the Project
• Innovative solutions required in
• robust sensors (bacteria, phytoplankton, heavy
  metals, hydrocarbons)
• robust hydraulics of water sampling (flooding
  and ice conditions, snails etc.)
• large data storage and cheap telemetry
• reliable alarm setting and controlling of water
  intake gates
• Research aspects of the Project
• impact of water pollution on phytoplankton
• modelling of key processes in water reservoirs
• modelling of pollution transport in water
  reservoirs