Water Research Group consist of ambitious young people specialising in chemistry, hydrogeochemistry and hydrogeology. The considerable human and intellectual potential, research facilities which include an accredited hydrogeochemical laboratory, professional contacts made as a result of cooperation with external entities, both domestic and foreign, and Team leader experience enable to plan, develop and implement many research projects in different research areas.
estimation of groundwater chemical status; estimation of the stability of the chemical composition of mining, mineral, curative and thermal waters; quality control/quality assurance in water monitoring; the impact of disruptive objects (mainly coal mining waste dumps, wastes from energy industry) on the chemical status of the aquatic environment
emerging contaminants (i.a. pesticides, PPAS and pharmaceuticals residues) in groundwater, urban water, drinking water; legionella’s bacterias in water
QA/QC of hydrogeochemical data; human errors in water monitoring; health and environmental risk assessment
The valorization of flotation tailings in terms of the concept of the circular economy: characterization, environmental risk assessment, and waste utilization routes / Bartosz MIKODA, Anna Potysz, Marcin Siepak, Ewa KMIECIK // Geology, Geophysics & Environment / Akademia Górniczo-Hutnicza im. Stanisława Staszica w Krakowie ; ISSN 2299-8004. — Tytuł poprz.: Geologia : kwartalnik Akademii Górniczo-Hutniczej im. Stanisława Staszica w Krakowie ; ISSN: 0138-0974. — 2024 — vol. 50 no. 4, s. 401–420. — Bibliogr. s. 416–419, Abstr. — Publikacja dostępna online od: 2024-12-18
Link between active tectonics/faulting and mineral and thermal water occurrence in Republic of North Macedonia / Hristina Petrova, Uroš Stojadinović, Boris Vakanjac, Vesna Ristić Vakanjac, Katarzyna WĄTOR, Piotr RUSINIAK, Ewa KMIECIK // Review of the Bulgarian Geological Society = Spisanie Na Belgarskoto Geologičesko Družestvo ; ISSN 0007-3938. — 2024 — vol. 85 pt. 3, s. 221–224. — Bibliogr. s. 224, Abstr. — Publikacja z konferencji GEOSCIENCES 2024
The thermal language of plants: innovative non-invasive insights / Aleksandra ORZECHOWSKA, Martin Trtílek, Renata SZYMAŃSKA, Krzysztof Tokarz, Michał Sarna, Katarzyna WĄTOR // W: $IC^3TC 2024$ [Dokument elektroniczny] : 5th International Caparica Christmas Conference on Translational Chemistry : 8th - 12th December 2024, Caparica, Portugal : book of abstracts / eds. Carlos Lodeiro, [et al.]. — Wersja do Windows. — Dane tekstowe. — Caparica : PROTEOMASS Scientific Society, 2024. — e-ISBN: 978-989-35681-0-1. — S. 99. — Wymagania systemowe: Adobe Reader. — Tryb dostępu: https://s.agh.edu.pl/l7tZ1 [2025-01-20]. — Bibliogr. s. 99
Method validation and geochemical modelling of chromium speciation in natural waters / Piotr RUSINIAK, Katarzyna WĄTOR, Ewa KMIECIK, Vesna Ristić Vakanjac // Scientific Reports [Dokument elektroniczny]. — Czasopismo elektroniczne ; ISSN 2045-2322. — 2024 — vol. 14 art. no. 30502, s. 1–13. — Wymagania systemowe: Adobe Reader. — Bibliogr. s. 11–12, Abstr. — Publikacja dostępna online od: 2024-12-16
Hydrogeochemical data from carbonate springs as an aid for delimiting catchment areas in the Rovte region, Central Slovenia / Vanessa E. Johnston, Filip Šarc, Katarzyna WĄTOR, Bojan Otoničar // Journal of Hydrology : Regional Studies [Dokument elektroniczny] ; ISSN 2214-5818. — 2024 — vol. 56 art. no. 102087, s. 1–24. — Wymagania systemowe: Adobe Reader. — Bibliogr. s. 24, Abstr. — Publikacja dostępna online od: 2024-11-28
Groundwater potential in mining regions for drinking water supply: a case study of the Żelatowa intake (Chrzanów, Poland) / Katarzyna WAWRZONEK, Katarzyna WĄTOR, Mateusz Topolewski, Agata Kasprzak, Ewa KMIECIK // Water Resources and Industry ; ISSN 2212-3717. — 2024 — vol. 32 art. no. 100272, s. 1-17. — Bibliogr. s. 14-17, Abstr. — Publikacja dostępna online od: 2024-11-20. — K. Wawrzonek - dod. afiliacja: Wodociągi Chrzanowskie Sp. z o. o, Poland
Preparation of elements for the assessment of geothermal energy resources and thermal and thermal therapeutic waters potential in selected urbanized areas together with analysis of geoenvironmental and economic conditions of their sustainable management
contract no: DZP/POLTUR2/246/2017. Geotherm. Integrated management of geothermal water: recovery of energy and water
PBS, contract no: 245079. Obtaining of drinking water and liquids and balneological substances in the treatment of cooled thermal waters
Contract no: 2011/03/B/ST10/06128. Long-term transformation of power plant waste weathering and impact of these processes on the mobility of the trace elements contained in the waste
Contract Number: 226536. GENESIS Groundwater and Dependent Ecosystems: New Scientific Basis on Climate Change and Land-use Impacts for the Update of the EU Groundwater Directive
COST Action 637. Metals and Related Substances in Drinking Water
Contract Number 006538. BRIDGE Background Criteria for the Identification of Groundwater Thresholds
Chromium speciation in drinking waters — risk analysis (Specjacje chromu w wodach pitnych — analiza ryzyka)
Katarzyna Wątor
Conference „Underground Kraków — hydrology on the historic city" — St. Stanislaus spring – the results of the analysis of changes in chemical composition
Katarzyna Wątor, Piotr Rusiniak, Damian Pietrzak
ICP-MS Educational Webinar (ThermoFisher SCIENTIFIC)
Katarzyna Wątor, Piotr Rusiniak, Damian Pietrzak
ICP-OES Educational Webinar (ThermoFisher SCIENTIFIC)
Katarzyna Wątor, Piotr Rusiniak, Damian Pietrzak
Tips & Tricks for the daily routine use of your ICP-OES/ ICP-MS Autosampler (Perkin Elmer)
Ewa Kmiecik
VI Conference LUMEN 2020
Ewa Kmiecik
School of Underground Mining (SEP) . Invited lecture: Groundwater monitoring — selected methodological aspects
Damian Pietrzak
CAGG-AGH-2019. Challenges in Applied Geology and Geophysics: 100th anniversary of applied geology at AGH University of Science and Technology — International scientific conference . Presentation: Review of software for modeling migration of emerging contaminants in groundwater
Ewa Kmiecik, Damian Pietrzak
XIX Symposium. Contemporary Problems in Hydrogeology. Plenary lecture: Assessment of JCWPd chemical status and groundwater vulnerability — selected research problems. Presentations: 1) A probabilistic approach to assessment of the quality of drinking water. 2) Identification of transport parameters of chlorides in different soils on the basis of column studies
Damian Pietrzak
AcquaConSoil : sustainable use and management of soil, sediment and water resources : 15th international conference. Presentation: Transport of selected neonicotinoids in groundwater: column experiment
Piotr Rusiniak, Katarzyna Wątor
VII Conference Chemometrics and metrology in practice. Presentations: 1) Analysis of the correlation between the quantity of medicinal water extraction and changes in their chemical composition. 2) Estimation of measurement uncertainty using the empirical method using different analysis schemes
Damian Pietrzak
National Scientific Conference for PhD Students , II edition. Presentation: Column experiments in the migration studies of selected contaminants of emerging concern in the aquatic environment
Ewa Kmiecik
MICRO 2018. Fate and Impact of Microplastics: Knowledge, Actions and Solutions. Presentation: Microplastics in freshwater systems (southeast Poland) — preliminary results
Ewa Kmiecik
Nano and Microplastics in Technical and Freshwaters Systems — Microplastics 2018. Microplastic as an emerging contaminant of water — a state of knowledge in Poland
Ewa Kmiecik
Desalination for the Environment: Clean Water and Energy, Science, Research, Innovation, Industry, Business. Presentation: Design of experiments in water treatment processes — data reliability
Ewa Kmiecik, Katarzyna Wątor
Water JPI 2018 Conference: Emerging Pollutants in Freshwater Ecosystems. Presentations: 1) Migration of antimony from polyethylene terephthalate bottles to water samples during their storage. 2) The occurrence of bisphenol A in selected bottled water — preliminary results
Anna Mika, Damian Pietrzak, Piotr Rusiniak, Katarzyna Wątor
10th Eastern European Young Water Professionals Conference. Presentations: 1) Accuracy of LC-MS/MS method for the determination of concentration of pesticides from the first Watch List in groundwater. 2) Determination of iodine in geothermal water samples — preliminary ICP-MS method validation results. 3) The influence of type of sampling container on the chromium concentration variability in groundwater. 4) The use of principal component analysis for the assessment of spatial variability of curative waters from Busko-Zdrój and Solec-Zdrój Region (Poland) – preliminary results
