Departments

The institute comprises five departments: four carry out research and development, the institute’s main activity, while the Department of General Services provides support activity.

Department of Hydrology and Hydraulics

Research and development activities

Department of Biological and Ecological Sciences

Research and development activities

Department of Water Quality, Water Supply and Wastewater Management

Research and development activities · IWRS Laboratory

Information Technology Department

Research and development activities

Research Activities Centre

Advisory body to the Director

The Research Activities Centre is a standing advisory body to the Director that connects the work of the research and development departments. It is responsible for preparing research programmes, monitoring research projects, encouraging scientific and professional-research publications, and preparing annual reports on scientific activity.

Organisation of the Institute

The Institute for Water of the Republic of Slovenia (IWRS) is a public institute whose work contributes to research and development in the fields of natural sciences and technology. It carries out its activities in accordance with its founding act and its entry in the court register of the District Court in Ljubljana.

The Institute is organised into four professional departments and a Department of General Services. For the implementation of specific projects or tasks, dedicated project teams are established. The Director appoints the project leader and team members by formal decision and defines their roles and responsibilities.

Director
Research Activities Centre
Department of Hydrology and Hydraulics
Department of Biological and Ecological Sciences
Department of Water Quality, Water Supply and Wastewater Management
Information Technology Department
Department of General Services