MEDA WATER International Conference on Sustainable Water Management

Water is considered a natural wealth jare and has to be developed, protected and reused to guaranty sustainability and the satisfaction of all needs of citizens and economic sectors. In the last years of the twentieth century, 3 billion people around the world lacked adequate sanitation and up to 95 per cent of the wastewater was discharged in the environment without treatment. 5,5 billion people will still be without sanitation in 2035. The discharge of untreated wastewater is a waste of resources in two ways: the pollution of environment and the waste of organic resources contained in the wastewater. " A Sustainable Sanitation is a Key to Sustainable Development ": This statement represents one of the majors objectives of several water projects developed around the Mediterranean area.
Conference aims are sustainable water management stimulating the interest of people in water saving, considering treated wastewater as part of the community's water budget, considering the substances contained in wastewater as resources and adopting approaches that preserve the public health and the environment.In the context of increasing water resources depletion, the conference will focus on water saving, alternative water resources like rainwater harvesting and wastewater reuse after treatment, wastewater treatment technologies suited especially for decentralised sanitation in peri-urban and in rural contexts or tourism facilities located in remote areas. The conference will also provide an opportunity to celebrate the World Water Day 2007 on March 22nd and bring together professionals from government departments, private institutions, consulting firms, research-, education- and training-institutions.
Call for Papers: Authors are invited to submit an extended abstract (2 pages) in English, or in French including figures and tables (as MS Word file using template of the Conference). The abstracts can be submitted electronically via email to abstracts@zer0-m.org no later than 22nd December, 2006. Abstracts will be accepted based on quality, originality and relevance to the conference themes. Accepted papers will be published as symposium proceedings.