Hydrological Sciences

Krzysztof Janik

Krzysztof Janik is a hydrogeologist and currently a final-year PhD student at the Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland. His doctoral thesis focuses on assessing the functioning of riverbank filtration sites using environmental tracers and high-resolution monitoring of selected water environment parameters. Krzysztof’s research activities focus on shallow aquifers, particularly in urbanised regions. He has a strong background in GIS, and lately, his interests have revolved around statistics, R scripting, and data visualisation.

Where The River Feeds The Wells: A Story Of Smart Monitoring For Safe Drinking Water Supply

Krzysztof Janik, Arno Rein and Sławomir Sitek November 13, 2025

When a river becomes your drinking water When you open the tap in Tarnów, a charming city in southern Poland with a history dating back to the Middle Ages, chances are that most of the water you are about to drink once flowed in the nearby Dunajec River. Yet between the river and your glass …[Read More]

About

Welcome to the blog of the Hydrological Sciences (HS) Division of the European Geosciences Union (EGU). This blog is a platform to communicate new ideas and old thoughts, a bit of history and future perspectives, as well as a glimpse at experimental and modelling studies. In other words, it is a platform to share news, research and opinions on hydrological processes and applications, including interactions between hydrology and other disciplines in geosciences. Everybody is invited to contribute to the blog and submit posts to the Editorial Team.