The city of Kalisz, Poland, is set to receive PLN14mn (approx. US$3.5mn) from the National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management to subsidise the drilling of a geothermal well in the city.
The Ministry of Climate and Environment granted the funding to carry out work checking the availability of geothermal reserves by drilling a vertical borehole to depths of 1,700 m next to the Aquapark swimming pool complex within 2024-2025.
Exploring reserve potential
Kalisz has been rumoured to be the home of rich geothermal reserves, and this exploration project aims to discover if there is indeed truth to that statement.
Kalisz’ Mayor, Krystian Kinastowski, stated, “We have been waiting for this information for a long time, but it was worth developing projects, documents and analyses for many years.
“We will drill a geothermal well in Kalisz to check the availability of geothermal waters under out city […] We hope that we will be able to discover hot springs and the water found in them will be used to heat homes and for recreational purposes.”
