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Microplastics in drinking water

A unique research confirmed drinking water contains microplastics The researchers from the Institute of Hydrodynamics confirmed the presence of plastic particles in drinking water from the three water treatment plants (WTPs) in the Czech Republic. Microplastisc were present in all analyzed samples of both raw and treated drinking water. The results of this unique research are […]
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Week of Science and Technology 5-11 November 2018

The Week of Science and Technology is the most extensive science festival in the Czech Republic. The programme for the Week of Science and Technology of the Czech Academy of Sciences  offers events all over the Czech Republic – in every regional seat and many other places.   You will have the opportunity to attend […]
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Science Fair 2018

The incredible fourth year of the Science Fair is behind us! Almost 25,000 visitors came to see unique exhibitions in three days. The stand of the Institute for Hydrodynamics was very popular and appreciated by the visitors. People could see on posters what processes water had to pass to get from the source to human […]
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RESEARCH TEAMS

FLUID MECHANICS

Fluid mechanics is the branch of physics concerned with balance and movement of fluids and fluid systems under the influence of external and internal forces. The fundamental difference between the rigid body and the fluid is the mobility of the molecules. 

RHEOLOGY

Rheology is the study of the flow and deformation of matter. Rheological characteristics of materials are given by the type of applied flow and their physicochemical properties.

HYDROLOGY

Hydrology studies the principles of water movements over the Earth. The main aim of the hydrological research is to define an occurrence of water, its circulation, spatial distribution, physical and chemical properties, and it relation to biosphere. 

WATER TREATMENT

Drinking water treatment is a technological branch dealing with removal of undesirable impurities from water. The most employed method is a formation of suspension by the means of dosing and mixing coagulants and subsequent separation of formed suspension by sedimentation and/or filtration.