The Local Action Plan and Strategy for Promoting Water Use for the Municipality of Braniewo, developed as part of the WaterMan project, has been adopted!

During the 17th session of the City Council in Braniewo, a resolution was passed on the Local Action Plan and Strategy for Promoting Water Use for the Municipality of Braniewo, developed as part of the WaterMan project, which crowns three years of work and joint efforts by the Polish team consisting of the Municipality of Braniewo, the Association of Municipalities of the Baltic Euroregion, and the Gdańsk University of Technology on the preparation of the above document and the implementation of support mechanisms in the local community. PKT 5 of the session included, among others:

Item 5 of the session included, among others:

Adoption of a resolution on the Local Action Plan and Strategy for Promoting Water Use for the Municipality of Braniewo, developed as part of the WaterMan project, including:

5.1. Presentation of the implementation of the WaterMan project.

5.2. Voting on a resolution on the Local Action Plan and Strategy for Promoting Water Use for the Municipality of Braniewo, developed as part of the WaterMan project.

The Local Action Plan and Strategy for Promoting Water Use for the Municipality of Braniewo will be an important tool in further planning and management of the city.

The above event is an excellent summary of the implementation of the three-year WaterMan program. It allowed us to look at water as a strategic resource of the city – in the context of development, safety, environmental protection, and quality of life of residents.

During the 17th session of the City Council in Braniewo, a resolution was passed regarding the Local Plan

Since January 1, 2023, the WaterMan project partners have been working together to find new ways to increase the resilience of local water supplies in the Baltic Sea region to climate change. The strategic goal was to add water recycling as a new element to local water management and introduce it into wider practice. The main result of the project is the “Water Recycling Toolkit.” It provides local authorities and water companies—which are key players in this field, and for most of them the topic is still new—with specific advice and tools to achieve this goal, taking into account the specific conditions of the Baltic Sea region.

The strategy has also resulted in a series of pilot projects in the city of Braniewo:

-Installation of a swimming pool water recovery system

-Construction of a rain garden – two sunken beds that collect rainwater from part of the parking lot by gravity, which will reduce the amount of water discharged into the sewage system and thus ensure water retention in the local landscape, planted with vegetation to improve the aesthetics of the area.

-Creation of a mathematical model of the Braniewo storm water drainage system with the possibility of applying climate scenarios to this model, which will enable the prediction of the effects of climate change and support potential adaptation measures. This is the so-called Extreme Weather Layer (EWL) model.

-and a wide range of educational and awareness-raising activities: trips, SferyLab training courses – experimental classes for representatives of local youth, and an inspirational and awareness-raising campaign.

This is an important step towards a resilient, conscious, and responsible city that manages water wisely—today and in the future.