Integrated Water Resources Management and Challenges of the Sustainable Development

The conference has a global focus and opened to the worldwide researches on water resources. It intends to encourage and enlarge the exchange of experience and the cooperation between scientists, universities, governmental institutions as well as industries. This could be a condition to a global water management and environment protection and to the understanding among nations on water and environmental topics.

This conference will offer an opportunity for corporations, governmental agencies, NGOs and academic institutions to display and exchange their knowledge, new technologies and progress of their research in water and environmental issues.

Topic 1: Tools and technologies applied to Integrated Management of Water Resources

• Geographical Information and Hydrogeological Systems (GIS and HIS)
• Remote sensing and water resources management
• Mathematical simulation approach of water, solutes and pollutants transport
• Telemetry, water resources management and risk management related to water
• Geophysics exploratory methods (seismic and electric, TDR, etc.) for a better water resources management
• Quantification of water resources and optimisation of measurements network (rain, evapotranspiration, piezometer, recharge, drainage, quatity, quality....)
• Evaluation of evapotranspiration and recycling water processes towards the atmosphere
• Isotopicand hydrochemical techniques
• Techniques and technologies for water economy (irrigation, domestic and industrial supply)
• Technologies of Waste water treatment and reuse

Topic 2: Impact of climatic changes, new installations and socio-economic development on water resources

• Climatic changes: causes and consequences
• Desertification and environmental impacts
• Water and soil salinization
• Erodability of watersheds and eutrophication of water reserves
• Major risks and water resources

Topic 3: Integrated water resources management : quantitative and qualitative aspects

• Water resources management within basin scale
• Hydrogeology of coastal and wetland zones
• Pollution and vulnerability of water resources
• Joint use of surface water, groundwater and non-conventional water resources in drinking water supply, agriculture, industry
• Desalination and waterwater use as alternative?
• Artificial recharge of the aquifers
• Trans-regional transfer of water and conflicts (Mediterrannen area and Africa)
• Participative policy of private sectors in water management
• Water economy, security, institutional and socio-economic aspects