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The study aimed at comparing changes in the trophic status of waters in two small retention reservoirs "Otapy-Kiersnówek" and "Jasionówka", located in the Podlasie region, which have a similar way of management and the similarity of catchments, using the TSI trophy indicators. The obtained results show that total phosphorus is the limiting factor in both reservoirs. Analyzing the average annual value of TSI in the tested waters, it was found that both reservoirs can be classified as hypertrophic. Trophic state of the tested waters is strictly dependent on the processes taking place in their vicinity. The reservoirs revealed a clear effect of a surface runoff on water quality. Factors that favor the poor quality of water in both reservoirs are unfavorable morphometric conditions of reservoirs due to their small depth, which allows continuous mixing and strong heating of water in spring and summer. Additional causes can include an open space around the reservoirs and the lack of high vegetation that would shield the edges against the wind, which facilitates often mixing of waters to the bottom and resuspension of bottom sediments, which in turn increases the concentration of phosphorus in water.

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The environment is considered as an ideal machine, a system in which nothing happens without a reason. Every transformation, every action and stimulus has its own consequences, which are not always immediately plain to see. It is due to the fact that the environment is like a communicating vessels, or a complex organism, in which everything is interdependent and the organs work together. Despite the complexity of the processes, the intricate yet logical correlations between the elements, it is not a perfect system. Examples are weather anomalies and, in extreme cases, cataclysms. The problem arises when man interferes with the environment. By polluting almost every possible place, he initiates irreversible changes, degrading the environment. This paper presents an analysis of atmospheric air pollution in the town of Supraśl, as well as analysis of surface water from the Supraśl river and soil samples from a selected area.