Alfons Grotowski was born on 23 February 1833 in Żarnowiec, a village, then located in the Congress Poland, within Russian Empire, and now part of Silesian Voivodeship, Poland.[1]
He has graduated from the Higher Real School (now the 1st General Education High School) in Kielce.[2] From 1850, he worked for the Warsaw Transit Administration, and in 1868, he designed the waterworks network in Praga, an area of the city of Warsaw, which operated from 1869 to 1892.[3]
Grotowski led the committee, which in 1874, hired William Lindley to design and manage the construction of the waterworks and sewage network of Warsaw.[4] From 1887 to 1889, he was the senior engineer of the city, and from 1881 to 1889, he was a member of the Sewage and Waterworks Construction Committee, which oversaw the development of the aforementioned network. Later, he became the assistant of William Heerlein Lindley, overseeing and reporting to him on the construction of the waterworks and sewage network.[1]
In 1897, Grotowski was one the co-founders of the Warsaw Hygienist Society. He was also a member of the Society for the Support of Russian Industry and Trade, and the Association of Technicians.[1] Together with architect Józef Orłowski, he designed a fountain, which was unveiled in 1866 on Kraków Suburb Street.[5] Following several relocations, it currently stands in front of the Muranów Cinema at 5 Anders Street.[6]
In 1906 in Warsaw, Grotowski survived an assassination attempt on his life, sustaining a head injury from gunfire.[7] He died on 18 September 1922 in Warsaw, and was buried at the Powązki Cemetery.[1][8]
