Members

At the moment EurAqua has 24 partner institutes that are presented below.

InterUniversity Programme in Water Resources Engineering in Belgium (IUPWARE)

IUPWARE emerged from the integration of two post-graduate programmes, the IUP in Irrigation Engineering of the University of Leuven (K.U. Leuven), organized by the Institute for Land and Water Management and the Department of Hydraulics, and the IUP in Hydrology of the Free University of Brussels (V.U. Brussel), organized by the Department of Hydrology and Hydraulic Engi-neering .The number of total resident staff is about 50. There are currently 20 PhD students. IUPWARE has active links with Belgian networks, such as the Belgian National Committee of the In-ternational Hydrological Programme and the Flanders Water Network.

Research at Cemagref covers two application fields: Freshwater Systems as well as Land-use and Agriculture. Cemagref's staff of almost 1150 includes approximately 700 research scientists in 10 regional Centers. Some 100 PhD students complete their PhD in fresh water research. Almost half of the staff is involved in fresh water research. Main research topics covered are: Watersheds and Fresh Water Ecosystems Management, Fresh Water Uses Management, Water-related Equip-ments and Water-related Natural Hazards Management.

The "Centro de Estudios y Experimentación de Obras Públicas" is an autonomous national research and technical consultancy institute. Its activity covers all the civil engineering fields. In freshwater research the activity is: hydraulics, hydrology, hydrometry, databases, erosion and sedimentology, water resources planning, hydroinformatics, water quality, hydraulic works design, water treatment, sewage treatment, desalination, irrigation and national and international training courses. CEDEX´s staff of 860 includes 306 scientists of whom 85 are involved in fresh water.

NIVA is an independent research foundation. Interdiciplinary work is performed within the major-research areas: Marine and Fresh Water Ecology, Water resources Management, Environmental Technology and Chemical- and Biological Analyses. The experience in fresh water research is in particular connected to : eutrophication, micropollutants, acid rain, water regulation, climate change and ecotoxicology. NIVA is also the major operator of national monitoring programmes. NIVA has 200 employees of which 90 are scientists. About 2/3 are connected to fresh water activities. Annually NIVA has full or part time PhD students.

The Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH) is one of the Centres and Surveys of the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). CEH is the leading UK body for research, survey, and monitoring in terrestrial and freshwater environments and operates on a national and international scale, working with academia, governments. and industry. CEH has 500 scientific staff, and well-equipped laboratories and field facilities at nine sites throughout the United Kingdom.

EAWAG is an autonomous public research institute and belongs to the domain of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology (ETH). With water as the central focus EAWAG research covers the following aspects: 1. water and waste water technology, 2. management of material flow, 3. management of ecosystems, and 4. strategies for sustainable resource management. It is involved in teaching, consulting, and interdiciplinary research. 65 % of the 40 million Sfr. annual budget are personnel costs. The total number of staff is 350 persons, most scientific with 90 of them being PhD students.

IVL is Sweden's leading environmental research organization. Financed both by the Government and the industry, IVL undertakes environmental research and provides impartial environmental decision support. IVL also undertakes contract work for rapid practical application of the research results. Sustainable solutions for today's and tomorrow's environmental problems require comprehensive understanding founded on interdisciplinary co-operation between scientists and professionals from different disciplines. For more than 30 years, IVL has carried out research and consultancy services in co-operation with both national and overseas universities, technical institutes, private companies and other organizations.

Located in Ispra (Italy), the Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES) is one of the institutes that constitute the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission. In line with the JRC mission, the aim of IES is to provide scientific and technical support to European Union strategies for the protection of the environment contributing to a sustainable development. IES works in close collaboration with official laboratories, research centres and industries of the EU's Member States, creating a bridge between the EU's policies and the European citizen. A special consideration is given to the EU enlargement process by expanding all IES existing networks to the applicant countries. The combination of complementary expertise in the fields of experimental sciences, modeling, geomatics and remote sensing puts the IES in a strong position to contribute to the implementation of the European Research Area and to the achievement of a sustainable environment.

The Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) is a governmental research and development institute. The tasks of SYKE include research and monitoring of the state and pressures of the environment and water resources, as well as possible ways to mitigate the problems and restore the environment. The institute, moreover, develops and applies environmental models and decision support systems to guide the use and protection of natural resources. SYKE is an independent R&D body which due to its historical role has close liaisons with environmental authorities, and related experience of environmental policy and its implementation. SYKE employs nearly 600 people, of whom more than 370 with a university-degree. SYKE has a Research Department of about 180 scientists divided into 7 research programmes covering both natural sciences and environmental social sciences.

"Bundesanstalt für Gewässerkunde", Koblenz, Germany is a higher authority of the Federal Republic of Germany and represents the scientific institute of the Federal Government for research in the fields of hydrology, water management, and water protection. The institute also acts as consultant to Federal Ministries and their subordinated authorities. There are altogether about 300 employees. The structured into three research divisions: Quantitative Hydrology including Geodesy, Qualitative Hydrology with Radiology and Ecology.

The "LNEC" is a state run institution of science and technology under the Ministry of Public Works, Transports and Housing, and it is the most important Portuguese research institute in the field of civil engineering, established in 1947, with an important activity in Portugal and abroad. In the Hydraulics Department, one of the operative departments, the research activity is carried out in the field of water, both where water resources itself and hydraulic works are concerned. It includes hydrology and river hydraulics, groundwater, hydraulic structures, estuaries and coastal zones, maritime works, water supply, wastewater and storm water drainage, environment and hydro-informatics. From a total staff of 110 there are 60 researchers of whom 40 are involved in fresh water.

The "Istituto di Ricerca sulle Acque", an operative body of the National Research Council (CNR), is a scientific institution aiming at supplying public authorities with the information required for the rational utilisation and protection of Italian water resources. The total staff, almost entirely dedicated to inland water problems, consists of about 140 people, 60% holding an advanced university degree. Three main sectors of activity cover, respectively, the development of advanced tools for water resources management, the characterisation of quality aspect in surface and groundwater, and the development of chemical and biological processes for wastewater treatment and reclamation.

The National Environmental Research Institute (NERI) is a research institute under Denmark's Ministry of the Environment. NERI was established in 1989, with a mission to provide a sound and informed scientific foundation in Denmark for making decisions related to policy on nature and the environment. NERI gathers, processes and assesses information on nature and the environment and uses this information as the basis to provide independent, professional consultancy to Denmark's public policymakers and administrators. NERI's scientific work is organized within six cross-disciplinary fields of expertise. Within the aquatic area, NERI is responsible for monitoring both physical, chemical and biological parameters. Research topics include nutrient dynamics and water quality, which are main aspects of sustainable water use. NERI is engaged in modelling the structure and function of aquatic ecosystems which contribute to its expertise in lake and river restoration. NERI has about 450 staff members organized in nine scientific departments. The aquatic area has nearly 100 research and laboratory staff.

The Institute for Inland Water Management and Waste Water Treatment RIZA is the research and advisory institute for integrated water management of the Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management in the Netherlands. RIZA collects information on water conditions and carries out research. RIZA plays an important role in preparing national policies in the field of fresh water management. RIZA has four departments: Water Systems, Water Pollution Control, Information and Measurement Technology as well as Wetland Development and Restoration. About 500 people work at RIZA. The Institute has three branch offices in the Netherlands.

BAW is a subordinated office of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management. It works as advisory board for the Ministry in charge of water management federal states and private companies. The major activities: water quality determination; fishery and river ecology; soil and water management for preservation of the groundwater resources; hydraulic engineering; ecotoxicology. BAW has more than 100 staff including 20 research scientists, mainly working on fresh water topics, as well as 10 PhD students.

The Department of Water Recources, Hydraulic and Maritime Engineering of the faculty of Civil Engineering of the N.T.U.A was established in 1982. It has 35 staff members (20 faculty members holding doctorate degrees) and 30 scientists working as post-doctoral researchers. There are four laboratories within the Department: The Laboratory of Applied Hydraulics, Harbour Works, Sanitary Engineering and of Hydrology and Water Resources. The Department undertakes basic and applied research in fields of aquatic environment and related civil engineering works.

Despite the early beginnings of academic education in Slovenia, the University of Ljubljana was not formally established until 1911. The number of faculties and colleges has considerably increased over years. At present, the University comprises 20 faculties, 3 academies of arts and 3 university colleges. It is the biggest university in the Republic of Slovenia. The University of Ljubljana has nearly 50000 students, more than 5000 employees and 1800 teachers. The University also offers a wide selection of postgraduate studies, with MSc and PhD degrees offered in over 250 fields. The University departments collaborate closely with the various research institutes, where both students and university professors are engaged in research. http://www.uni-lj.si/ Also, the University introduced the University Post-graduate Study Program in Environmental Protection, which involves 13 faculties from natural sciences, social sciences and humanities, technical sciences and medicine. The program is in parts carried out in collaboration with researchers form several institutions, who have qualified as university teachers at the University of Ljubljana, and teachers from universities abroad, who have been involved on the basis of international contracts and programs.

T.G. Masaryk Water Research Institute, Czech Republic
The T.G. Masaryk Water Research Institute (TGM WRI) is the direct continuator of the State Hydrological Institute, set up in 1919, on the basis of a high scientific level, national interest and the political attention traditionally devoted to managing and treating water in the Czech Republic. Depending on the transformation of technical knowledge and its ties with the state, the Institute´s organization, activities and name were changed several times. Presently the TGM WRI is a public research institution established by the Ministry of Environment of the CzechRepublic. Its scope of work consists in research, conceptual, professional and methodological activities, inclusive of forming and operating information systems, further in protecting the quality and amount of surface and ground waters, and in their usage in technical, economic and other relations and interactions. Preferentially, the Institute provides public administration with objective and professional services, in particular for creating and implementing state policies in the water area with regard to the Water Act. As concerns research, professional and methodological operations, the activities of the Institute have been expanded by creating information subsystems for the state administration´s performance in the sphere of waste treatment, and an integrated approach to the prevention of environmental pollution.

Technical University of Tallinn, TTU, Estonia

Water Resources Research Centre, VITUKI, Hungary
VITUKI Environmental Protection and Water Management Institute, Budapest (www.vituki.hu) is an public non-profit research institute primarily concerned with both basic and applied research studies for the Hungarian water management and some general environmental protection fields. It also fulfils some central functions of the Hungarian hydrological service. VITUKI has a staff of about 230 employees out of those 95 highly qualified professionals. Supported by hydraulic, hydrochemical etc. laboratories; equipment, instrumentation and computer facilities, VITUKI has emerged as one of the most complex water-oriented full-service professional organisations in the region. Close contacts with several scientific institutes and regional bodies of water and environmental management in Hungary enable VITUKI to organise multidisciplinary teams for particular projects. VITUKI has considerable experience in a comprehensive range of research, consulting and engineering services in the domains of hydrology, hydraulics, water quality: among those most relevant to the proposed project are: Water resources studies, flood control studies; Modelling of reservoirs and the related structures; Development of water quality objectives and criteria; VITUKI is the reference centre of WHO and WMO concerning water quality and hydrology, respectively, one of the founding members of International Association of Hydraulics Research (IAHR) and focal point for the International Association for Hydrological Sciences (IAHS). Hydrological Institute fulfils the role of the central body of hydrological service in Hungary, mostly in the field of operational data collection and hydrological forecasting. Hydrologists of the Institute elaborated numerous national projects related to hydrological forecasting also participated in international projects of the European Union, WMO and theDanubecountries. The Institution played a key role in the investigation of high floods in the period of 1998-2006 on the Danube and in the TiszaBasin

Institute of Water Engineering and Water Management, Cracow University of Technology, Poland

Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute, SHMU, Slovak Republic
Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute is a governmental organization, carries out a comprehensive operational, research and development activities in the area of air, water quantity a quality monitoring and assessment. SHMÚ was established since 1 January 1969  under the Ministry of the Environment of the SlovakRepublic. SHMÚ has an extensive experience and knowledge in performing both groundwater and surface water quality a quantity monitoring on national and transboundary levels. SHMÚ as hydrometeorological service is supporting the state administration of the SlovakRepublic in the field of the air and water sectors, focussing on the monitoring and assessment activities. SHMÚ plays an important role in support of the planning and policy making strategies and standard setting activities. From a total staff of 524 there are 46 researchers. There are currently 14 PhD students. SHMÚ consists of four organisational units: Director General Section (107 employees) and three divisions, namely: Meteorological Service (DMs - 204 employees), Hydrological Service (DHs — 66 employees), Division of Integrated Management (DIM — 57 employees) and 3 Regional Centres located in the SlovakRepublic. SHMÚ is a member of several international organisations and takes part on the activities of such of them as WMO, EUMETSAT, IAHS, UNECE (Water Convention), etc.  The institute is also responsible for assessment of the waste waters on the surface water bodies using bioassay and chemical analysis results and making risk assessment analysis.  SHMÚ participates on the DanubeRiver Basin monitoring programme, a research and an activity carried out under the ICPDR Convention and is fully involved in the activities of the EU Water Framework Directive implementation in the SlovakRepublic.

University of Latvia, Faculty of Geographical and earth sciences, Latvia
University of Latvia, Faculty of Geographical and earth sciences, was founded in 1944. At present faculty covers three study lines (geography, geology and environmental science) providing education on four levels (Bachelor, Master of science, PhD, as well as teacher qualification study programmes). The total number of students: 750, staff of the faculty, including reserch personell 75;
total number of reserach papers per year — 140. Staff of the faculty participates not only in around 30 national and several EU funded projects. The Faculty covers research in the same research directions, with the striongest reserach teams in biogeography, quaternary geology, geomorphology, enviornmental chemistry, landscape ecology, climatology and others. The faculty
do have capacities in development of reaserch in analysis of water quality modelling of aquatic resources.

Lithuanian Energy Institute (LEI), Lithuania
LEI was established in 1956. The Institute has status of a state science institution. It is a technical re-search centre dealing with evaluation on influence of energy sector on water bodies, energy related research in thermal physics and fluid mechanics, nuclear safety issues. LEI encompasses 10 research laboratories with a staff of 300. Laboratory of Hydrology of LEI has great experience on investigations of physical-geographical conditions influence on the river runoff andevaluation of the human activities impacts on condition of water bodies. The main Hydrology laboratory research activitis are determination of hydrodynamic, wave and sediment changes in water bodies due to exploitation of energy objects and water transport;  Accumulation of knowledge about the Lithuanian water bodies. The newest data on about 4500 rivers in Lithuania and their analysis (Lithuanian Science Award of 2002 for works "Lithuanian surface water resources"); Assessment, forecast, management and insurance of risks with respect to anthropogenic activity.  LEI has participated in major national and international hydrological research projects. Laboratory of Hydrology closely cooperate with Lithuanian and foreign universities. Laboratory has joint PhD studies with Kaunas University of Technology. In accordance with agreements between the Ministry of Environment of Lithuania and LEI, expertises of plans, programmes and projects are prepared by laboratory of Hydrology.