Conference Themes

The main theme of the conference is “Water Resources Management and Sustainability: Solutions for Arid Regions”. The conference includes technical sessions, posters, invited sessions, and workshops covering the following tracks:

D1-T-A1: Socio-Economic Water Studies (Governance, Pricing, Policy, and Regulation)

Measuring Social and Environmental Values
Community and Stakeholder Engagement
New Technology Application Pathways
Water Planning, Governance, Pricing, and Institutional Frameworks
Remote Community Water Provision
Regulatory Designs to Incentivize New Innovation
Water Regulation and Policies
Water Efficiency, Including Water Footprint and Virtual Water Calculations
Changing Patterns of Water Consumption and Use
Economic Management and Development

D1-T-A2: Advanced Technologies in Water Resources Management (Large Scale Water Management, ASR, MAR, Hydroinformatics)

Innovations in Aquifer Storage and Recovery; and Managed Aquifer Recharge
Advances in Hydroinformatics, Flow and Transport Modeling and Predictive Technologies
Decentralized Vs Centralized Systems and Innovation in Regional Groundwater Flow Understanding
Energy Capture Across Water Systems
Novel Sampling, Analysis, Monitoring, Optimization, and Automation
Approaches in Water Statistics and Data Collection Methods
Big Data and Artificial Intelligence in Water Resources
Advances in Isotope Hydrogeology

D1-T-A3: Climate Change and Water Resources Resilience (Risk management, Water Conservation, Provisioning)

Environmental Water Provision and Management
Urban Heatwaves and Greening
Risk and Adaptive Management
Water Sharing and Provisioning
Environmental Water Provision and Management
Environmental Drivers Changing Hydrologic System and Consequences
Transboundary Aquifers Under Climate Change

D1-T-B1: Non-Conventional Water Resources Development and Management (Desalination, Water Recycling, Water Reuse)

Low Energy Desalination, Distillation, and Brine Waste Recycling
Recent Developments to Improve Desalination
Novel Water Recycling and Reuse Technologies
Energy Efficiency and Resource Recovery in Industrial Water and Wastewater Treatment
Efficient Technologies and Analytical Methods for Emerging Contaminants
Biological and Nature-Based Water Treatment

D1-T-B2: Water Resources Sustainability (SDGs, Water-Food-Energy Nexus, Social and Economic Growth, and Environmental Sustainability in Arid Regions)

Water Demand and Consumption
Strategies to Assure the Sustainability of Groundwater Resources
Water Resources and Sustainable Development of the Arid Region
Water Restoration and Sustainable Use
Unsustainable Patterns of Water Consumption and Use
Sustainable Development Goals in Action
Low and High Temperature Geothermal Energy
Novel Facets in Water, Food, and Energy Nexus

D2-T-A1: Water Resources and Hydrological Processes (Rainwater harvesting, Flash Flood Prediction and Management)

Basin wide and Integrated Water Management
Rainwater, Stormwater and Atmospheric Water Harvesting
Surface Water/Groundwater Interaction
Sustainable Flood Retention Basins
Hydrologic Numerical Simulation Approaches
Erosion, Sediment Transport, and Hotspot Delineation

D2-T-A2: Karst and Coastal Zone Management and Water Resources

Seawater Intrusion in Heterogeneous Coastal Aquifers – Monitoring and Modeling
Sea-Level Rise and Its Impact on Coastal Aquifers
Monitoring and Management of Coastal Aquifers
Advances in Karst and Fractured-Rock Hydrogeology
Monitoring and Management of Fractured and Karst Aquifers

D2-T-B1: Water Quality Management

Groundwater Contamination and Protection
Progress in Water Resources Protection and Remediation
Groundwater Vulnerability and Groundwater Pollution Risk
Advanced Techniques in Water Quality Assessment
Advances in Water Quality Modeling and Prediction

D2-T-B2: Spatial Technology, GIS, and RS in Water Resources

Integrated Aquifer Characterization/Visualization Techniques
Innovative GIS Applications in Water Resources Management
RS Techniques in Water Resources
Airborne Techniques in Water Resources Management
Advances in Geospatial Technology Applications in Water Resources