This conference presents an opportunity for water resource practitioners from diverse disciplines to gather and interact together. The conference will offer a broad range of technical, social, and legal topics, as well as a number of sessions focusing on topics of current interest, including infrastructure asset management, water (homeland) security, watershed management, dam rehabilitation or removal, sustainability of drinking water supplies, impacts/solutions of urbanization on water resources, drought and flood management, and ecological restoration of wetlands and stream corridors. The conference will feature cutting edge water resource related research and project case studies throughout the world, offering interesting and profitable learning opportunities to all attendees.