An evaluation of current technical state of land improvement devices, functioning in the area of North Wielkopolska was the aim of the research. An attempt of the evaluation of the need of maintenance of the devices was also made in this paper. The water structures being an infrastructure under management of Piła District of Poznań WZMiUW were the subject of analysis. The evaluation was made according to the method of Kaca and Interewicz. Additionally capital spending for maintenance and exploitation of land improvement devices incurred in a period 2002–2012 were also presented in the paper.