The Fourth IASTED African Conference on
Water Resource Management
AfricaWRM 2012

Science and Technology - A Platform for Sustainable Development

September 3 – 5, 2012
Gaborone, Botswana

Past Conference Information

The Water Resource Management 2012 conference in Gaborone, Botswana has ended.

Conference Proceedings

The Conference Proceedings are available for purchase on the ACTA Press website:

Conference Chair

Prof. Otlogetswe Totolo
University of Botswana, Botswana
Conference Chair Portrait

Keynote Speaker

"Climate Change and Water Management: Some Options for Water Stressed Countries"

Dr. Mushtaque Ahmed
Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
Keynote Speaker Portrait

Invited Speaker

"Climate change impacts on water supply and demand for selected urban and irrigation water supply systems in southern Africa"

Prof. Dominic Mazvimavi
University of Western Cape, South Africa
Invited Speaker Portrait

Guest Speaker

Hon. Johnnie K. Swartz
Minister of Infrastructure Science and Technology, Botswana
Guest Speaker Portrait

Local Arrangements Chair

Prof. George O. Anderson
University of Botswana, Botswana
Local Arrangements Chair Portrait

Chairman of the Opening Ceremony

Prof. Thabo T. Fako
Vice Chancellor, University of Botswana, Botswana

Host Organization

University of Botswana

Technical Co-Sponsor

BOTSWANA POWER CORPORATION
BOTSWANA POWER CORPORATION

Platinum Sponsor

Botswana Telecommunications Authority
Botswana Telecommunications Authority (BTA)

BCL Limited, Mining & Smelting
BCL Limited

Scope

The topics of interest covered by AfricaWRM 2012 included, but were not limited to:

INTEGRATED WATERSHED MANAGEMENT

  • Best Management Practices
  • Capacity building
  • Climate Change Effects
  • Cumulative Impacts Assessment
  • Flood Forecasting Techniques
  • Geographic Information Systems
  • Groundwater Mapping
  • Hydroinformatics
  • Instream Flow Needs
  • International Rivers
  • Point and Non-point Source Pollution
  • Remediation and Restoration
  • Remote Sensing and Sensor Evaluation
  • Transportation and Fate of Pollutants
  • Watershed Policy and Planning

ISSUES IN IMPLEMENTING ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND TECHNOLOGIES

  • Financial Issues
  • Institutional Issues
  • Legal Issues
  • Maintenance
  • Planning and Management
  • Policy Issues
  • Socio-economic and Cultural Issues
  • Training and Education

POLLUTION PREVENTION AND REDUCTION IN INDUSTRY

  • Biotechnology
  • Cleaner Production
  • Cost/Benefit Analysis
  • Environmental Management Systems
  • Impact and Risk Assessments
  • Industrial Ecology
  • Life Cycle Analysis
  • Partnerships
  • Pollution Abatement Technology
  • Regulations and Enforcement
  • Technology Transfers

WASTEWATER AND STORMWATER MANAGEMENT

  • Containment and Collection
  • Data Analysis and Visualisation Software
  • Domestic and Industrial Wastewater Treatment - Aquaculture
  • Domestic and Industrial Wastewater Treatment - Nanotechnologies
  • Domestic and Industrial Wastewater Treatment - Ultraviolet
  • Extreme Events
  • Instrumentation and Automation
  • Modelling and Simulation
  • Performance Evaluation
  • Sludge Handling
  • Stormwater Treatment - Constructed Wetlands
  • Stormwater Treatment - Grass Swales
  • Stormwater Treatment - Permeable Pavement
  • Total Maximum Daily Loading
  • Wastewater and Stormwater Discharge
  • Wastewater Reuse

WATER SUPPLY AND SUSTAINABLE USE

  • Conservation, Reuse, and Recycling
  • Demand Forecasting
  • Diagnostic Techniques
  • Distribution and Optimization
  • Hydrological and Hydraulic Systems
  • Monitoring and Surveillance
  • Reclamation
  • Sourcing
  • Storage
  • Treatment - Chemical Disinfection
  • Treatment - Low-tech Filtration
  • Treatment - Solar Water Disinfection
  • Water Augmentation
  • Water Quality Protection
  • Water Use - Agriculture/Irrigation
  • Water Use - Aquaculture
  • Water Use - Domestic
  • Water Use - Hydropower
  • Water Use - Industrial
  • Water Use - Recreation
  • Water Use - Transportation