The Conference, held in Teheran, Iran, 8-10 May, 2001, considered seven main topics for discussion on water crisis: effective factors and consequences, trends in water sector structural and managerial changes, demand management, financial resources and water sector economy, technological developments in water and wastewater industry, health and environment, and regional and international cooperation. The Conference thus covered a wide ground, with important contributions by the foreign and the Iranian participants. It was very well-organized, and the hospitality of the organizers was simply overwhelming. At the end of the Conference, the participants unani-mously approved the following Declaration.
By Asit K. Biswas, 2001. Article published in Water International, Volume 26, Number 2, pages 294-296. DOI: 10.1080/02508060108686919