The Institute of Hydrodynamics of the CAS, v. v. i. (public research institution) is part of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. Currently, the scientific activities of the Institute are fully oriented towards water issues, especially water balance, rainfall-runoff processes in the basin, hydropedology, hydrochemistry, water resources protection, water quality, micropollutants and their removal, and water technology and treatment.
We deal with two main scientific topics, which correspond to the division into the scientific departments, namely the Department of Hydrology and the Department of Hydrochemistry and Water Technology.


