Until recently water resource management focused on reallocating water to when and where it was required, a supply-side or fragmented approach. Nowadays, there are signs that water resource availability is dwindling-due to both population growth and increased per capita water use -and ecosystems are being damaged. To face this challenge a new holistic approach is needed. This approach includes the integrated or conjunctive use of surface and groundwater resources and takes account of social, economic and environmental factors.
In this context, the Conference will be focused on the main aspects and problems concerned with the planning, design, construction and management of conjunctive use of surface and subsurface water resources, along with its environmental impacts and constraints to sustainable development.
SUBTOPICS:
a) Modelling technology;
b) Spatial analysis procedures;
c) Decision support systems;
d) Case studies.