Bartoszczuk, PawelArndt, Hans-KnudKnetsch, GerlindePillmann, Werner2019-09-162019-09-162012https://dl.gi.de/handle/20.500.12116/25970After the Second World War, Poland became a communist’s country, and heavy industry was developed. Along with industrialization, the environment was deteriorated. Ecological and human costs of living in the degraded environment were not considered. On-going changes in Poland and large financial outlays on environmental protection have caused environmental improvement, but also some new unpredicted problems. In spite of better water management, still the most important problem involves eutrophication. An analysis of the size and structure of outlays on sewage management and water protection is carried out in the paper.Environment in Poland and capital outlays on pollution controlText/Conference Paper