Mixed Adsorbents: Synergic Effects Improve Problematic Compounds Removal During Drinking Water Treatment

A new article published in the journal AWWA Water Science by scientists from the Institute of Hydrodynamics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic describes the use of mixed adsorbents in water treatment. Sichrová, K., Čermáková, L., Novotná, K., Pivokonská, L., Zušťáková, V., Pivokonský, M. (2025). Mixed Adsorbents: Synergic Effects Improve Problematic Compounds […]
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Exhibiton WATER as a part of multimedia exhibiton Go to the source!

During autumn you can visit our exhibition WATER as part of the exhibition Go to the source! by artists Christoph Höschel and Leo Trostcenko at the Austrian Cultural Forum in Prague. This exhibition is part of the project „IMAGINE CLIMATE DIGNITY: Artistic Collaborations“. This is an interesting project combining environmental interest, art and science. Date: […]
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Fundamental chemical aspects of coagulation in drinking water treatment – Back to basics

Scientists from ÚH summarize and describe in detail the current knowledge about coagulation and published it in the prestigious Journal of Water Process Engineering. Pivokonský, M., Novotná, K., Petříček, R., Čermáková, L., Prokopová, M., Načeradská, J. (2024). Fundamental chemical aspects of coagulation in drinking water treatment – Back to basics. Journal of Water Process Engineering. […]
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Our exhibition Water is now presented in Prague

The exhibition „Water“ prepared by scientists from the Institute of Hydrodynamics is now presented in the Antonín Švehla’s Library in Prague. From 5th January to 22nd February 2024 (Monday to Thursday 9 a.m. – 5 p.m, Friday 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.) On the 10th January at 5 p.m. a guided tour of the exhibition […]
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A new database of hydrological and environmental metadata launched

High quality field data are crucial to success in the hydrological and environmental research. As such monitoring is often expensive and time consuming, it is convenient to share such data among research institutions. However, to facilitate the sharing, one must know the “who, where, and what”. That is why the hydrologists from the Institute of […]
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Combating land degradation and soil erosion in Ethiopia

A few days ago, hydrologists from the Institute of Hydrodynamics returned from the Sidama region in Ethiopia, where they began work on a multi-year project in cooperation with the Czech Development Agency, People in Need and All for Soil. Every rainy season, this densely populated region loses large areas of fertile land and human dwellings, […]
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Martin Pivokonský in Top 2% of the most influential scientists

Congratulations to the director of Institute Martin Pivokonský for being included in the list of „Top 2% of the most influential scientists in their fields in the world“, published by Stanford University in October 2023. The rankings are compiled on the basis of standardized bibliometric indicators of citations of the author’s publication activity. Martin Pivokonský […]
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