Conference
The Conference

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON WATER MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES is the centerpiece of Water Malaysia 2007. It is an IWA supported conference under the auspices of the Specialist Group for Developing Countries. The proposed conference is an initiative to provide a fresh perspective on the latest development of water management and technology, aligned to integrated management of the water resources.

The conference also aims to discuss related methodologies, directions and other important scientific issues. Special emphasis will be given to the progress in the tropical regions due to the fact that most of the recently reported findings and development in the area of water management and technology are conducted or targeted towards countries with temperate climate. Public health and water management issues in the tropics are more challenging due to the high rainfall, high temperature and very diverse flora and fauna. Tropical regions differ from the temperate in many aspects which is not only limited to the temperature and biodiversity but more importantly the low-income per capita. Hence policy and management issues will be the major subjects for the conference.

The Conference will run in three parallel sessions for three days. The topics to be covered are suggested below. It is by no means exhaustive:

STREAM 1: Policy and Governance
1. Financing the water sector, privatization, PPP, water tariff, resource economics
2. Asset management
3. Policy and Regulatory aspects
4. NGO’s and stakeholders participation
5. Human resource development

STREAM 2: Water Supply
1. Emerging and innovative technology application and case studies
2. Watershed management – effect on sustainability of resources and water quality.
3. Water conservation and reduction of NRW
4. Dealing with increasing demand
5. Treatment, distribution and maintenance technology and practice.

STREAM 3: Wastewater
1. Collection, treatment, sludge management technology and practice
2. Industrial wastewater
3. Wastewater recycling
4. Nanotechnology
5. Biotechnology

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