Since the State Water Holding Polish Waters administers the rivers and their banks, we approached this institution for comment on the matter.
In the email we received, it says what has already been done and what will be done in the future.
Here is the full response provided by Polish Waters:
Since the September flood occurred in south-western Poland, Polish Waters’ Regional Water Management Board in Wrocław has been carrying out wide-ranging activities. These have included field inspections, inventories of flood damage, clearing river channels, verifying the condition of water-management facilities and hydraulic structures, and repairing them. In addition, measures are being taken to implement urgent protective works, remove damage on an emergency basis, rebuild river channels, fill breaches in retaining walls and embankments, and plan and analyse further flood-protection investments.
This strategy is also being implemented for the Bóbr River in Bolesławiec County, including in Bolesławiec itself. After the flood wave passed, employees and services of the Polish Waters Catchment Management Authority in Lwówek Śląski and the Water Supervision Authority in Bolesławiec began estimating losses and inspecting and assessing the technical condition of hydraulic structures, water facilities and rivers in the area. An inspection of the safe use of embankments was conducted, as was a periodic inspection of the technical condition of hydraulic structures, together with an inventory of flood damage.
In 2024, the first cleanup work was completed, involving the removal of fallen and broken trees from part of the Bóbr River’s banks above the bridge and Mostowa Street in Bolesławiec.
Further work to clear the Bóbr river channel and banks within the city will be carried out successively once funding has been obtained and tender procedures have been completed to select contractors for the work. Polish Waters is taking every possible measure to complete these tasks as quickly as possible this year.
It is worth noting that the September flood wave was less than 20 centimetres below the record historical level recorded at the Dąbrowa Bolesławiecka gauge, which reached 625 centimetres on 21 July 1997. Last year, the water level at this location reached 606 centimetres, and it was precisely this enormous volume of water flowing from the upper reaches of the Bóbr River that caused such extensive damage to hydraulic infrastructure.
Yours sincerely,
Jarosław Garbacz
Head of the Water Communication and Education Team
Press Spokesperson
State Water Holding Polish Waters
Regional Water Management Board in Wrocław