Ochrona systemu zaopatrzenia Rzeszowa w wodę do picia

The paper includes a brief characterization of the municipal water supply system (distributing treated riverine water), which serves the city of Rzeszów (150 thousand inhabitants). Making use of the results of physicochemical analyses (carried out on raw water samples from the Wisłok river), a joint project was established with the aim to upgrade the quality of potable and municipal water. The project is executed by MPWiK (Municipal Water-Supply and Sewerage Services). The measures taken under this project include the following: (1) development of the treatment train (coagulation, rapid filtration, disinfection) which is in use now by introducing preozonation and ozonation + filtration on GAC beds (during pollution episodes GAC will be replaced with pulverized carbon), (2) establishment of protection zones for water intakes, and (3) water quality monitoring. The paper also specifies the operating principles for early, warning systems, as well as presents the schedule of water, analysis in the intake profile and in the water supply system.