The article presents the results of six-month public consultations on the basic planning documents for the planning process in water management for the years 2009–2015. The documents were presented for assessment to the general public in Poland by the President of the National Water Management Board in December 2008, whereas the discussion about the consultation process was limited to the area of activity of the Regional Water Management Board in Krakow (RZGW in Krakow). The article discusses the structure and content of the river basin management plans and the programme of measures. The latter consultation process results are divided into four basic categories: results of consultative meetings; results of opinion surveys; positions taken by advisory bodies to the Director of the RZGW in Krakow; and comments coming from the RZGW in Krakow, an institution which manages the water regions of the Upper Vistula, the Dniester and the Danube rivers.

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