Our firm has performed on the market since 1999. The headquarters of 'Krysztalowy Swiat' is situated in Wieliczka, in the close vicinity of Wieliczka Salt Mine – the oldest polish salt company which origins reaches back to Middle Ages. The aforementioned mine entered the UNESCO's First World List of Cultural and Natural Heritage on 8th September 1978, together with 11 other sites from around the world.
Basing on traditions and experience of Wieliczka Salt Mine and its Underground Rehabilitation and Treatment Centre, we manufacture SALT PLATES™, SALT PANELS™, we design and build CRYSTAL SALT CHAMBER, SALT GROTTOS and SALT CAVES. We furthermore make interior designs using salt. We execute our orders on the highest possible level, providing our clients with efficient and prompt installation as well as certified appliances. If required all the spare parts to these appliances are in our stock. We also offer guarantee services, including after guarantee service as well as constant customer's service on demand.
We invite all interested to cooperation. All the inquiries and questions will be responded with an utmost pleasure.
From the company's life:
„Krysztalowy Swiat” on the 1st All-Polish SPA & Wellness Fair, which took place in Lodz between 12 an 14 August 2008. We won the first price in the exhibition stands contest.
Newsweek's Poland DIPLOMA. 1st in the world CRYSTAL SALT CHAMBERS restaurant made by „Krysztalowy Swiat” won the competition organised by Newsweek Poland in the category of 'the best interior design' in 2005.
Opening of CRYSTAL SALT CHAMBER restaurant – the first such object in the whole world, Cracow, 20.05.2005
The progenitor and investor of the following project was Grzegorz Pajdak – the Chairman of „Krysztalowy Swiat” company. An opening ceremony was attended by numerous celebrities from Poland and abroad, among whom were: Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Slovakia, world-famous opera singer peter Dvorsky, Ambassador of Czech Republic, the Slovakian Consul, Marshal of the Sejm – Marek Borowski, Wieliczka Salt Mine board of directors and many others.
Opening of exhibition of Crystal Salt Chamber in the Wieliczka Salt Mine (underground part of Salt-Works Museum in Wieliczka) – 15.05.2007.
In 2007 a ceremonial opening of CRYSTAL SALT CHAMBER in the Wieliczka Salt Mine (underground part of Salt-Works Museum in Wieliczka) took place, which was attended by: Antoni Jodlowski – Director of Salt-Works Museum in Wieliczka, Representatives of Wieliczka Town Authorities and many guest from entire Poland.
Features about us:
"telegraph.co.uk"
"Gazeta Krakowska"
"Newsweek"
"Doradca Hotelarza"
Soil salination
Soil salination is the accumulation of free salts to such an extent that it leads to degradation of soils and vegetation.Salination is a natural process that results from:
* high levels of salt in the soils.
* landscape features that allow salts to become mobile (movement of water table)
* climatic trends that favor accumulation
Salt is a natural element of soils and water. The ions responsible for salination are: Na+, K+, Ca2+, Mg2+ and Cl-. As the Na+ (sodium) predominates, a salinised soil is also a sodic soil.
Over eons, and as the world’s soils became established, the soil salt levels declined to a very livable minimum. As the soil fertility increased, the remaining salt, not flushed or leached out by rain, was chelated into the nooks and crannies of the humic acid molecules constituting most of the "fertility" in rich fertile soil.
In some areas (for example in Australia), salinity is an inherent situation (enormous amounts of salts are stored in the soils). However, human practices have increased the salinity of top soils by bringing salt to the surface through disrupting natural water cycles, by allowing excess recharging of groundwater and accumulation through concentration.
One of the best examples of excess salination was observed in Egypt in 1970 when the Aswan High Dam was built. The change in the level of ground water before the construction had enabled soil erosion, which led to high concentration of salts in the water table. After the construction, the continuous high level of the water table led to the salination of the arable land.
Salinity from drylands can occur when the water table is between two to three metres from the surface of the soil. The salts from the groundwater are raised by capillary action to the surface of the soil. This occurs when groundwater is saline (which is true in many areas), and is favored by land use practices allowing more rainwater to enter the aquifer than it could accommodate. For example, the clearing of trees for agriculture is a major reason for drylands in some areas, since deep rooting of trees has been replaced by shallow rooting of annual crops.
Salinity from irrigation can occur over time wherever irrigation occurs, since almost all water (other than natural rainfall) contains some dissolved salts. When the plants use the water, the salts are left behind in the soil and eventually begin to accumulate. Since soil salinity makes it more difficult for plants to absorb soil moisture, these salts must be leached out of the plant root zone by applying additional water. This, in turn, can lead to rising water tables, requiring drainage to keep the saline groundwater out of the root zone. If the water table rises too high, then natural soil evaporation will begin to draw the salts back upward into the soil profile. The problem is accelerated when too much water is added too quickly due to inefficient water use such as over-irrigation, applying more than is required for leaching, using bad estimates of evapotranspiration and poor system design, and is also greatly increased by poor drainage and use of saline water for irrigating agricultural crops. These practices result in the concentration of salts.
Salinity in urban areas often results from the combination of irrigation and groundwater processes. Cities are often located on drylands, leaving the rich soils for agriculture. Irrigation is also now common in cities (gardens and recreation areas).
The consequences of salinity are
* detrimental effects on plant growth and final yield
* damage to infrastructure (roads, bricks, corrosion of pipes and cables)
* reduction of water quality for users, sedimentation problems
* soil erosion ultimately, when crops are too strongly affected by the amounts of salts.
Salinity is an important land degradation problem. One way to prevent excess salination would be the use of humic acids, especially in regions where too much irrigation was practiced. In soils with excess salts, humic acids can fix anions and cations and eliminate them from the root regions of the plants. A type of plant that is of particular interest for those in areas affected by soil salinity is the saltbush, which is able to tolerate saline conditions and draws salt up into its leaves.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org
23.08.2007. 08:15