Following themes broadly describe the focus areas of deliberations, with a certain degree of overlapping. The structure has been deliberately kept flexible and will evolve depending on research contributions received from participants.
Global Climate Changes and Impact on Water Resource Management
- Validation of Future Projections
- Creation of Comprehensive Water Data Base
- Impact of Global Climate Change on Water Resources
- Modelling for Future Trends
- Solutions and Technology Development
- Politics of Water Crisis and Climate Change
- Climate Change and Water Security
- Climate Change and Polar Regions
Water Resources: Availability, Management, Quality
- Status of Water Resources
- Water Quantity- Gaps in Demand and Supply in Various Sectors
- Water Quality Criteria for Various Uses - Present Status
- Water Exploration and Management - Latest Trends in Surface and
Ground Water
- Water Quality Management
- Additional Resource Creation (such as Rain Water Harvesting,
Recycling etc.)
- Population Growth, Urbanization, Economic and Industrial
Development
Water for All - Action Plan
- Ensuring Adequate Water Quantity and Quality for All
- Quality Monitoring Mechanisms
- Identification of Vulnerable Sections
- Inclusive Water Security
- Capacity Building to Secure Inclusive and Sustainable Innovation
- Role of Good Water Governance to Improve Inclusiveness
Enhancing Water Use Efficiency
- Physical, Social and Economical Dimensions
- Technological Aspects
- Environmental Aspects
- Enhancing Water Use Efficiency - Agriculture Sector
- Enhancing Water Use Efficiency - Rural Sector
- Enhancing Water Use Efficiency - Urban Sector
- Enhancing Water Use Efficiency - Industrial Sector
- Strategies to Increase Water Use Efficiency by 20%.
Action Plan for Vulnerable and Over - Exploited Areas
- Identification of Critical Areas
- Additional Resource Creation (Rain Water Harvesting,Recycling etc.)
- Detailed Aquifer Mapping for Effective Aquifer Management
- Technologies for Desalination, Recycling and Reuse
- Rejuvenation of Water Bodies and Traditional Water Conservation Structures
Integrated Water Resource Management
- Basin Level Integrated Water Resource Managemen
t
- Water Transfers
- Climate Change Considerations
- Water Budgeting
- Environmental Flows and Hydro-Ecology - Finding a Path
Through Polluted Waters
Emerging Technologies in Water Sector
- Water/ Wastewater Treatment
- Water Reuse and Recycling
- Water Quality Management
- Drinking Water: Purification, Bottling, Supply
- Salinity Management
- Latest Technologies in Water Exploration and Management
- Software for Water
- AI and IOT based DSS in Water Management
- Rainwater Harvesting
- Ground Water Management and Modelling
- Technologies for Irrigation and Agriculture
- Water Leakage Technologies
- Utilities and Utility Management
Financial, Institutional, Legal and Policy Issues
- Water Policy and Water Usage Reform
- Water Rights, Pricing and Laws
- Government's Role in Water Management
- Water Access as a Fundamental Right
- Laws to Prevent Pollution of Water Bodies and Aquifers
- Municipalities and Sustainable Water Management at Local
Level
- Water Infrastructure – Investment and Financing