Diffuse Pollution and Basin Management : Selected Proceedings of the 7th IWA International Specialised Conference on Diffuse Pollution and Basin Management, Held in Dublin, Ireland, 17-21 August 2003

The current importance of the subject matter of IWA?s 7th Diffuse Pollution conference may be gauged from its attendance of over 300 delegates from more than 40 countries and from the scale of its programme, with over 225 papers and poster papers presented. Following the conference the best papers were peer reviewed, revised and 47 have been selected for these proceedings, covering these topics: integrated water resources management; policy and socio-economics; agriculture; sustainable urban drainage systems; forestry; estuarine and coastal studies; groundwater; ecology; transboundary studies; geographical information systems; public awareness and education; regulatory frameworks; and laboratory/monitoring study. These selected proceedings provide an authoritative representation of current developments in the interlocking topics of diffuse pollution and basin management. The papers included here will be a highly valued reference for scientists researching into the processes and impacts of diffuse pollution and for environmental engineers, managers, policy-makers and regulators developing new best practices for environmental management.