Politechnika Śląska

XI OGÓLNOPOLSKA KONFERENCJA NAUKOWO – TECHNICZNA
4^thINTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Current issues in water treatment and distribution

November 26–28, 2025
Silesian Beskid

PATRONAT

In the face of growing climatic, environmental, geopolitical and technological challenges, water is becoming a strategic resource—vital to life and to the security of societies. Water and wastewater systems must be not only efficient on a daily basis but also resilient in emergencies: during droughts, floods, blackouts, cyberattacks or failures. Today, resilience means the capacity to adapt, respond swiftly and restore critical functions.

It is my pleasure to invite you to the next edition of

the National and International Conference “Current Issues in Water Treatment and Distribution – Integrated Water and Wastewater Management 2025,” to be held on 26–28 November 2025.

This year’s theme is:

Water as a Strategic Resource—Resilience of Water and Wastewater Systems in the Face of Crises and the implementation of EU directives: the Drinking Water Directive (DWD) and the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (UWWTD).

The new EU regulations are not only instruments for protecting the environment and human health; they are also a driver of significant change in the water and wastewater sector and, consequently, in the socio-economic development of the country. They require higher technological, energy, analytical, managerial and public-health standards, steering the sector towards intelligent, low-emission and disruption-resilient water and wastewater systems.

The Conference provides a forum for exchanging experience, best practices and the latest scientific achievements in water abstraction, treatment and distribution, as well as wastewater collection and treatment. The meeting will bring together representatives of academia, public administration, the water and wastewater industry, local governments and design and operating companies. Our aim is to discuss the challenges facing the sector and to develop rational courses of action.

A special highlight of the programme will be the debate

“Let’s Talk about Water and Wastewater”,

devoted to the effective implementation of EU directives based on a preventive, risk-based approach—with the participation of representatives of central government and local authorities, Polish Waters, the State Sanitary Inspection, the Polish Waterworks Chamber of Commerce, as well as scholars and practitioners.

Organised since 2001, our Conference has become a recognised forum for substantive discussion on water and wastewater management viewed in a comprehensive way: technically, legally, economically and socially. It is traditionally accompanied by a high scientific standard and an interdisciplinary perspective of participants from Poland and abroad.

We invite you to a Conference that will be a space for dialogue, knowledge sharing and building common solutions for the future of water resources.

See you there! You cannot miss it—your voice matters!

Professor Izabela Zimoch, DSc (Eng.)

Why join us

Dlaczego warto uczestniczyć

What measures can be taken to make water a common denominator for science, practice, and government and local administration?

Does wastewater, in the context of the new Directive, synergize with water to improve integrated water management?

The conference is a forum where we will work together to find answers to these questions!!!

Only cooperation between representatives of all groups responsible for water supply security and rational water resource management can respond to future challenges related to water—its availability and quality.

The discussion will be given added weight by the presence of experts from government and local government administration and leading representatives of the water supply and sewage sector.

Unique forms of conferences

Debate: “Let's talk about water and wastewater”

Workshops on the implementation of Water Safety Plans – case studies, strategy game

Scientific sessions

Networking

Debate: “Let's talk about water and wastewater”

Workshops on the implementation of Water Safety Plans – case studies, strategy game

Scientific sessions

Networking

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Organizing Committee

prof. hab. inż. Izabela Zimoch – Przewodnicząca, Politechnika Śląska, tel. +48 606 624 196

mgr inż. Aleksandra Bernaczek, Koordynator, Politechnika Śląska, tel. +48 32 237 26 98

dr hab. inż. Iwona Kłosok-Bazan prof. PO, Politechnika Opolska, tel. +48 601 076 969

dr hab. inż. Małgorzata Wzorek, prof. PO, Politechnika Opolska

mgr inż. Aleksandra Górska, Politechnika Śląska, tel. +48 605 957 200

mgr inż. Agata Koszyka, Politechnika Śląska, tel. +48 535 425 192

dr inż. Światosław Krzeszowski, Politechnika Śląska

dr inż. Krzysztof Boryczko, Politechnika Rzeszowska

Scientific Committee

Assist. Professor Nicholas Baldacchino, Malta College of Arts, Science & Technology

Professor Andrea Capodaglio, University of Pavia

Professor Agostina Chiavola, Sapienza University of Rome

Prof. dr hab. inż. Mariusz Dudziak, Politechnika Śląska

Professor Radomir Goňo, VSB – Technical, University of Ostrava

Assist. Professor Miroslava Goňo, VSB – Technical, University of Ostrava

Professor Beata Gorczyca, University of Manitoba

Prof. dr hab. inż. Katarzyna Ignatowicz, Politechnika Białostocka

Professor Mustafa Karaboyacı, Suleyman Demirel University

Prof. dr hab. inż. Bartosz Kaźmierczak, Politechnika Wrocławska

Prof. dr hab. inż. Beata Kowalska, Politechnika Lubelska

Professor Myroslav Malovanyy, Lviv Polytechnic National University

Associate Professor Oksana Matsiyevska, Lviv Polytechnic National University

Prof. dr hab. inż. Jacek Mąkinia, Politechnika Gdańska

Professor Vincenzo Naddeo, Salerno University

Prof. dr hab. inż. Stanisław Rybicki, Politechnika Krakowska

Prof. dr hab. inż. Barbara Tchórzewska-Cieślak, Politechnika Rzeszowska

Professor Tatiana Vitenko, Ternopil State Ivan, Pul’uj Technical University

Prof. dr hab. inż. Maria Włodarczyk-Makuła, Politechnika Częstochowska

Prof. dr hab. Małgorzata Wojtkowska, Politechnika Warszawska

Associate Professor Ersel Yilmaz, Adnan Menderes University

Prof. dr hab. inż. Michał Zielina, Politechnika Krakowska

Prof. hab. inż. Izabela Zimoch, Politechnika Śląska

Associate Professor Antonis A. Zorpas, Open University of Cyprus

Prof. hab. inż. Monika Żubrowska-Sudoł, Politechnika Warszawska

dr hab. inż. Tomasz Bergel prof. URK, Uniwersytet Rolniczy w Krakowie

Dr hab. inż. Zbysław Dymaczewski, prof. PP, Politechnika Poznańska

Dr hab. inż. Anna Głowacka, prof. ZUT, Zachodniopomorski Uniwersytet Techniczny

Dr hab. inż. Iwona Kłosok-Bazan prof. PO, Politechnika Opolska

Dr hab. inż. Dariusz Kowalski prof. PL, Politechnika Lubelska

Dr hab. inż. Jadwiga Królikowska prof. PK, Politechnika Krakowska

Dr hab. inż. Ewa Łobos-Moysa prof. PŚ, Politechnika Śląska

Dr hab. inż. Alina Pruss prof. PP, Politechnika Poznańska

Dr. hab. inż. Małgorzata Wzorek prof. PO, Politechnika Opolska

Honorary Committee

Prof. dr hab. inż. Michał Bodzek, Instytut Podstaw Inżynierii Środowiska PAN Zabrze

Dr hab. inż. Waldemar Sawiniak prof. PŚ, Politechnika Śląska

Prof. dr hab. inż. Karol Kuś, Politechnika Śląska

Prof. dr hab. inż. Andrzej Kotowski, Politechnika Wrocławska

Prof. dr hab. inż. Marian Kwietniewski, Politechnika Warszawska

Prof. dr hab. inż. Rafał Miłaszewski, Uniwersytet Kardynała S. Wyszyńskiego

Prof. dr hab. inż. Janusz Rak, Politechnika Rzeszowska

Prof. dr hab. inż. Tadeusz Siwiec, Uniwersytet Przyrodniczy w Lublinie

Prof. dr hab. inż. Marek Sozański, Politechnika Poznańska

Prof. dr hab. inż. Kazimierz Szymański, Politechnika Koszalińska

Prof. dr hab. inż. Andrzej Urbaniak, Politechnika Poznańska

Key Topics

development directions in municipal and industrial water treatment, wastewater treatment, and processing of sludge generated by these processes;
current operational issues in water treatment and distribution, and in wastewater collection and treatment;
risk management in water supply systems;
energy efficiency in water utilities;
legal aspects of water protection;
water issues in the context of environmental protection, including water monitoring;
hydraulic and water-quality modeling of water distribution networks;
leak detection, monitoring, and reduction of water losses in water distribution systems;
safety and security of water systems;
water resources management;
water quality;
water reuse (water reclamation);
urban drainage systems;
urban water and wastewater systems;
water retention.