The Effluent and Waste Water Management Conference aims to assess the status of effluent quality management and to evaluate recent developments and approaches to waste management in the region. Held under a timely theme, the conference will cover key management challenges facing the effluent and waste water sector including waste water reuse, environmental impacts including those of marine discharges, industrial waste treatment processes, and environmental management. These proceedings will be of great value to scientists, engineers and managers from the municipal and industrial sectors, academic institutions, regulatory bodies and research centers and all those interested in the developing issues of effluent and waste water quality management.