Optimal planning and design covering water resources, network distribution and waste-water treatment Analysis and simulation methods for hydraulics, reliability, cost and quality operations Measurement systems and analysis methods for deriving component values and evaluating overall systems performance Management, control and cost optimisation using integrated decision and management systems Future directions of research and applications Industrial and case study applications of some integrated computer systems Recent developments in research and associated computer packages. The International Water Conference is to be held at Montfort University, Leicester, September 2001. The conference proceedings reflect the current and future roles of modelling and optimisation in the description and management of water industry systems. Balanced views of academic and industry experts from around the world are included in the two volumes of papers. Insights are provided into the experiences of leading researchers and practitioners in applying modelling and optimisation to the management of water quantity and quality.
