The following ten hot spots were recently deleted from the list

	Name	Hot Spot No.	Type	Location
Bioreactor aeration	Gdynia – Debogorze wastewater treatment plant	75	municipal	Baltic Coast
	Frantschach Swiecie	77	pulp and paper industry	Vistula
	Bydgoszcz - Fordon wastewater treatment plant	78	municipal and industrial	Vistula
Kapusciska wastewater treatment plant	Bydgoszcz - Kapusciska	79	chemical industry	Vistula
Zgierz wastewater treatment plant	Zgierz –Boruta Dyestuffs	90	chemical industry	Vistula
	Oswiecim – Dwory Plant	91	chemical industry	Vistula
	Bukowno – Boleslaw Works	92	metal industry	Vistula
	Vistula Upper Basin (7)	96	salt control
	Poznan – Centralna wastewater treatment plant	99.1	municipal and industrial	Oder/Odra
	Oder/Odra Upper Basin (7)	111	salt control	Oder/Odra

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Central authorities, municipalities and private enterprises succeeded in improving several of Poland's environmental hot spots, which were identified in 1992 as part of the Baltic Sea Joint Comprehensive Environmental Action Programme of the Helsinki Commission. This was the outcome of a regional review meeting held in Cracow 25-26 September 2001. It re-assessed ten environmental hot spots in southern Poland.

The progress has been due to major investments in municipal wastewater treatment and industrial installations in the past ten years. Overall, investments on environmental protection have increased five-fold since 1990.

For further information contact:

Polish Secretariat for the Helsinki Convention

Ms Anna Bakierowska
Ministry of the Environment
Kossaka Str. 1
PL-80 249 Gdansk
Poland
Tel: +48 (58) 341 9444
Fax: +48 (58) 341 4754