Flagship projects
Centre for Environmental Research: Waste and Circular Economy and Environmental Safety – Wastewater
What concentrations of pharmaceuticals can we find in wastewater, and can they be removed?
Publications
Socio-economic impacts of the pharmaceuticals detection and activated carbon treatment technology in water management – an example from the Czech Republic
Water and Environment Journal
Flagship projects
Wastewater as a diagnostic medium of the city of Prague
What residues of drugs and their metabolites does Prague wastewater contain, and what does it indicate?
Publications
The removing of selected pharmaceuticals on WWTP in the Czech Republic
Journal of Water Chemistry and Technology
Flagship projects
Wastewater monitoring as an early warning tool against the emergence of an epidemiological situation
Can we find the virus of the COVID-19 disease n wastewater and what can we judge or predict from this?
Flagship projects
Innovative methods for detection of ultra-low concentrations of radionuclides to assess the vulnerability of drinking water sources in a nuclear accident
Is it possible to distinguish the limit concentrations of artificial radionuclides from background (geological) radiation?
Flagship projects
The creation of a new system for modelling the spread of artificial radionuclides in the hydrosphere, including data assimilation for state needs during normal operation of a nuclear power station and a nuclear accident with an impact on its surroundings
How would artificial radionuclides spread in the hydrosphere in the event of a nuclear accident?
Flagship projects
Use of effect-based method to assess surface water status in the context of the Water Framework Directive
Current monitoring of pollutants is not able to capture all sources of pollution. What can be done about it?
Flagship projects
Possibilities of water recreation in the capital city of Prague (past and present)
Where are the best natural bathing areas in Prague?
Flagship projects
Evaluation of pollution sources and their impact on the recreational potential of water in the urban environment
Is it possible to swim in the city without taking a risk?
Latest posts
Agricultural Water Management Journal
Adam Vizina as a co-author of the article in a prestigious journal on drought resilience during climate change conditions
Publications
Increasing available water capacity as a factor for increasing drought resilience or potential conflict over water resources under present and future climate conditions
Agricultural Water Management
Research topics
Occurrence of pharmaceuticals and other micropollutants in wastewater
What substances, and in what concentrations, do humans release into water? And can they cause harm?
Research topics
Technology for removing micropollutants from wastewater
If specific substances are already in the water, can they be effectively removed?
Research topics
Drugs in urban wastewater
What amount of illegal drugs can we find in urban wastewater, and what can we deduce from this?
Research topics
Epidemiological approach to urban wastewater
The presence of the Covid-19 virus in urban wastewater as a diagnostic medium?
Flagship projects
Drying of watercourses during a period of climate change
Are watercourses drying up faster today than before? And what impact does this have on river ecosystems?