This conference will offer a holistic view of the many issues affecting water in urban areas, the interactions between these issues and the need to place them front and centre as we re-think our communities in the 21st century. Broad areas of concern include:
• putting water ‘front and centre’ as we plan our communities
• emerging opportunities for re-use and recycling
• clean safe drinking water – a key to community health
• a demand management, conservation-based approach to supply
• wastewater as resource for a healthy community and a healthy environment
• healthy water courses and water features – a ‘quality of life’ asset for communities
• issues of governance, including current strengths and weaknesses as well as new directions and strategies to give water a prominent place in the decision-making process.