IzVRS at Expert Consultation on the Use of the mGROWA Water Balance Model in Water Management
Ljubljana, 21 October 2026 – The Slovenian Environment Agency (ARSO) organised an expert consultation entitled From Water Balance to Practical Information for Water Management, which included a roundtable discussion featuring Dr Sašo Šantl, a representative of the Slovenian Water Institute (IzVRS). During the event, experts presented the mGROWA water balance model, its application in Slovenia […]
Impact of human pressures on fish and benthic invertebrate communities in large Slovenian rivers
A study published in the scientific journal Sustainability examined how human interventions in the river channel and banks (hydromorphological alterations) and land use are related to the composition of fish and benthic invertebrate communities in large Slovenian rivers. The study covered the Drava, Mura, Sava, Ljubljanica, Krka and Kolpa rivers. Particular attention was paid to […]
IzVRS at the R.o.R+ Festival: when science and art reveal what flows through us
From 1 to 4 October 2026, Villa Vipolže hosted R.o.R+, an international festival of contemporary art and intermedia practices, under the title Blue Shift – What Flows Through Us. The festival brought together art and science, putting water, microplastics and the connection between people and the environment in the spotlight. The festival was organised by […]
IzVRS in the Natura Kozjansko project to improve aquatic habitats
On 2 October 2026, the Institute for Water of the Republic of Slovenia (IzVRS) attended a press conference at Podsreda Castle for the project Conservation and Restoration of Habitats in Kozjansko Park and the Dobrava – Jovsi Area, known by its short name Natura Kozjansko. Matej Šurk, the project leader at IzVRS, presented the Institute’s […]
IzVRS provides expert support to the Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning at the 25th Festival for the Third Age
From 29 September to 1 October 2026, Cankarjev dom in Ljubljana hosted the 25th, jubilee edition of the Festival for the Third Age (F3ŽO), the central event in Slovenia dedicated to older people and intergenerational cooperation. At the stand of the Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning (MOP), the Institute for Water of the […]
New methodology for assessing the impacts of interventions from the MSFD perspective
On 17 September 2026, at the 11th Mediterranean Coast and Macro-Regional Strategies Week in Izola, Dr Katja Klančnik Židan of the Institute for Water of the Republic of Slovenia (IzVRS), together with project partners from the Marine Biology Station Piran of the National Institute of Biology (MBP NIB), presented the results of the ARIS targeted […]
New Challenges for Slovenian Mussel Farming Presented at AGRA 2026
On Monday at the end of August 2026, at the 64th International Agricultural and Food Fair AGRA in Gornja Radgona, Dr Tine Bizjak of the Institute for Water of the Republic of Slovenia (IzVRS), together with project partners from the Marine Biology Station Piran of the National Institute of Biology (MBP NIB), presented the findings […]
IzVRS launches a mobile pilot treatment plant to test the efficiency of wastewater treatment technologies
A mobile pilot wastewater treatment plant operated by IzVRS has started running at the Ljubljana Central Wastewater Treatment Plant in Zalog to test advanced urban wastewater treatment technologies.
IzVRS on a radio programme about ‘Why is the sea blue?’
IzVRS on a radio programme about ‘Why is the sea blue?’ On Tuesday’s quiz on Radio Prvi, Dr Sašo Šantl from the Hydrology and Hydraulics Sector and Dr Tine Bizjak from the Water Quality Sector, Water Supply, Drainage and Wastewater Treatment, casually explored explanations for the colour of water. From the blue oceans, the emerald Soča, to clear mountain streams…
IzVRS at the NMWE 2026 annual conference in Ljubljana: integrating national strategies for water and nature with the business sector
IzVRS is participating as a partner in the new European STRIVER project – Strengthening the resilience of transboundary river basins to climate change, with a focus on extreme hydrological events, which is being implemented under the INTERREG Slovenia–Croatia programme.
The project launch agreement was signed on 2 March this year, and the partners met in person for the first time at the project’s kick-off meeting, which took place on Friday 6 March in Novo Mesto.