Impact of human activities on the quality of groundwater at Dobra intake in Jaworzno

Abstract

The paper identifies the causes of contamination and analyses changes in the quality of underground water resources at the Dobra intake, which supplies water for a separated group of Jaworzno inhabitants. The analysis takes into consideration such aspects as land conditions and their influence on physicochemical changes of water taken in in relation to the effective legal requirements for potable water. Moreover, an integral part of analysis of potential threats was an assessment of the effect of closed municipal waste disposal site and mining activity on the quantitative and qualitative resources of underground water in the area supplied by the Dobra intake in Jaworzno.