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Odra and Vistula Basin Flood Protection Project (POPDOW)

completedstage: operationaldelivereddelayed
1.2 bn EUR
programme budget (multi-year) · data from 2015net or gross: not recorded≈ 5.2 bn PLN (value-by-stage, est., nominal)funding: World Bank (IBRD): loan of approx. USD 504 million (approved 23.07.2015), Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB), EU Cohesion Fund (Program Operacyjny Infrastruktura i Środowisko 2014-2020), state budget

One of the largest flood protection programs in Poland, carried out since 2015 by the State Water Holding Polish Waters (Państwowe Gospodarstwo Wodne Wody Polskie) with co-financing from the World Bank (IBRD), the Council of Europe Development Bank, the EU Cohesion Fund, and the state budget. The program covered three particularly threatened areas: the middle and lower Odra, the Kłodzko Valley (the Nysa Kłodzka basin), and the Upper Vistula basin. Under it, among other things, dry flood-control reservoirs were built in the Kłodzko Valley with a total retention capacity of approximately 16 million m3, embankments and protective works in the Odra valley, and works on the Upper Vistula, as well as the modernization of the forecasting system and institutional strengthening of the administration. The total value of the Project was set in 2015 at approximately EUR 1,202 million, and its completion was planned for 2025.

How it went

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Deliverydelivered[3]
Scheduledelayed[3]
Utilisationin use[3]
water accumulated in the 4 dry reservoirs of the Kłodzko Valley (Szalejów, Krosnowice, Roztoki, Boboszów) during the flood of September 2024
Current
~15 mn m3 (2024-09)

Timeline

Slip: about 2 years vs. the original date (given as a year)

  1. Announced2015
  2. Construction start2015
  3. Original date15 Dec 2023
  4. Last stated date2025
  5. Delivery2025

Change history

  • 2025stage: operational
  • 2015stage: construction

Significance

The program raised the level of flood safety for residents of three particularly threatened regions of the Odra and Upper Vistula basins. The areas it covers are home to more than 5 million people at risk of flooding in total, of whom approximately 122 thousand live in areas of special flood hazard. New retention (among others, approximately 16 million m3 in the Kłodzko Valley reservoirs), together with modernized embankments and forecasting systems, increased the resilience of river valleys to floods, as confirmed by the 2024 flood.

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  1. Państwowe Gospodarstwo Wodne Wody Polskie
  2. Odra-Vistula Flood Management Project Coordination Unit
    InvestorCost
    InvestorThe State Water Holding Polish Waters
    CostIn 2015 the total cost of the Project has been set at €1,202 million.
    Locationthe Kłodzko Valley (the Nysa Kłodzka basin)
    Locationthe Middle and Lower Odra basin
  3. Państwowe Gospodarstwo Wodne Wody Polskie
    StatusStageAnnouncedConstruction startCurrent dateFundingSignificanceDeliveryUtilisationSchedule
    Status · Stage · Current date · Schedule · DeliveryPo 10 latach, w 2025 roku, Wody Polskie kończą jego realizację.
    Announced · Construction startW 2015 roku rozpoczęto realizację jednego z największych projektów przeciwpowodziowych w Polsce – Projektu Ochrony Przeciwpowodziowej w Dorzeczu Odry i Wisły.
    FundingDzięki wsparciu Banku Światowego i Banku Rozwoju Rady Europy, a także dzięki środkom z Unii Europejskiej i budżetu państwa, możliwe jest tworzenie nowoczesnych zabezpieczeń przeciwpowodziowych.
    SignificanceNa tych terenach mieszka łącznie ponad 5 milionów osób zagrożonych przez powódź, z czego 122 tysiące żyje na obszarach szczególnego zagrożenia powodziowego.
    DeliveryW 2015 roku rozpoczęto realizację jednego z największych projektów przeciwpowodziowych w Polsce – Projektu Ochrony Przeciwpowodziowej w Dorzeczu Odry i Wisły. Po 10 latach, w 2025 roku, Wody Polskie kończą jego realizację. Łączna wartość wszystkich wykonanych prac przekroczyła 5 miliardów złotych.
    UtilisationZbiorniki Szalejów, Krosnowice, Roztoki, Boboszów podczas powodzi we wrześniu 2024 roku, działając w bardzo trudnych warunkach, zgromadziły łącznie ok. 15 mln m³ wody.
  4. World Bank23 Jul 2015
    Funding
    FundingUS $504.0 million equivalent
    External IDsP147460
  5. Państwowe Gospodarstwo Wodne Wody Polskie – RZGW Kraków9 Jun 2025
    Locationna obszarze województwa małopolskiego i świętokrzyskiego
  6. World BankJun 2020
    Original date
    Original dateThe Project was declared effective on November 4, 2015 and is scheduled to close on December 15, 2023.
  7. Państwowe Gospodarstwo Wodne Wody Polskie5 Feb 2026
  8. Funding
    FundingThe Odra-Vistula Flood Management Project was approved on July 23, 2015 for an IBRD loan (IBRD 8524-PL) for US$496 million with co-financing by the Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB) for US$323 million, European Union for US$216 million and the Government of Poland Counter finance for US$216 million.
    FundingThe Odra-Vistula Flood Management Project was approved on July 23, 2015 for an IBRD loan (IBRD 8524-PL) for US$496 million with co-financing by the Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB) for US$323 million, European Union for US$216 million