Hydrogeopark Pátek

Recently, there was a pollution of the rock environment and groundwater by chlorinated hydrocarbons at the Pátek locality. This old environmental burden originated in the second half of the twentieth century, when the company STYL, producing degreasing agents and gasoline for lighters, prospered there. The site underwent several stages of surveys, risk analyzes and subsequently decontamination work.
The former contaminated site, which by its existence threatened not only groundwater but also surface water and was located near mineral water sources, has been successfully undergoing remediation works in recent years. The result is a current situation that complies with demanding legislation and remediation limits for chlorinated ethylene pollution. During the realization of the rehabilitation project, more than twenty hydrogeological objects were created for sampling, monitoring, as well as the actual remediation. In parallel, an extensive and time-lapse collection of hydrogeological, chemical and physical data characterizing the transformation of the site was created. These assumptions led to the emergence of a unique infrastructure for research, development and innovation in environmental engineering, with particular emphasis on the management and management of water resources. The extensive network of hydrogeological objects has been supplemented by other suitably selected for the purposes of simulation of specific processes, their control and monitoring.