ANNOUNCEMENT ! 12th IWA International Specialised Conference on Watershed & River Basin Management, 14 - 16 September 2011, Recife, Brazil

Integrated River Basin Management and Climate Changes are important issues for the future of our planet. IWA presents a very special opportunity to engage in 3 days of innovative discussion on the subjects of River Basin Management Planning, Water Resource Management, Climate Change, Water Supply Protection, Governance Methods, Flood Control & Decision Support System.

Join other experts in exchanging ideas and exploring networking opportunities during the IWA Watershed and River Basin Management Conference, 14 – 16 September 2011 in the littoral tropical city of Recife, Brazil.

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W & RBM Newsletter September 2010

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IWA YWP W & RBM SG Pre-Conference Workshop Pics

The Watershed and River Basin Management Specialist Group (W & RBM SG) recently co-organized a pre-conference workshop at this year's IWA Young Water Professionals (YWP) conference held at the Best Western Premier Seri Pacific Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia between the 2 - 4 of Mac 2010. The workshop itself was conducted on the 1st of March 2010, with W & RBM SG being represented by its Management Committee member, Mr. Zaki Zainudin.

The workshop was entitled, "Transboundary Water Management Issues and Applications of River Water Quality Modelling In Integrated Catchment Management". Participants ranged from diversified backgrounds including academics, researchers, consultants, engineers, as well as government officials. Below are some photos taken during the event.

IWA Young Water Professionals Conference and Workshop 2010

IWA SG on W&RBM Newsletter October 2009

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NEWSFLASH ! IWA 12th International Specialised Conference on W&RBM

After reviewing various submitted proposals, the W&RBM SG Management Committee has voted that the IWA 12th International Specialised Conference on W&RBM be held in RECIFE, BRAZIL in 2011.

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The Mighty Sg. Pahang

This article was extracted from watermalaysia.blogspot.com. The author, Mr. Zaki Zainudin from Malaysia is a management committee member of IWA W&RBM SG.

We recently had the opportunity to conduct a water quality survey and study of Sg. Pahang and Sg. Semantan near Temerloh town in Pahang. Clearly, the river's reputation as being the longest river in Peninsular Malaysia, stretching from the Titiwangsa range did not dissapoint us in terms of its sheer size and volume. To illustrate this, there is actually an island (or landmass) in a segment of the river, just after the Temerloh bridge. Locals tell us that during the monsoon season, majority of the landmass will be submerged underwater. This fact however, apparently does not impede its ability to support flora and fauna. In fact, we even caught sight of a hornbill, flying from the island towards the horizon. A majestic sight indeed !

Understandably, aquaculture activities flourish here, with predominant yield being ikan patin (silver catfish), that goes for around RM 14/kg (local price). Temerloh town itself is known as Bandar Ikan Patin (Catfish Town). We got our supply of fresh patin from our boatman, En. Alias who is well connected with the local aquaculturists besides engaging his own business. If any of you readers would like fresh supply of Patin, he can be contacted at 013-9166236. We do need to show support for our local fisheries market.

After we concluded our field activities, we decided to indulge ourselves in the delight of durians ! Dr. Mac was more than happy to share his socio-political knowledge of Java island with the local seller whose origins can be traced back to East Java.

Regards,
ZZ

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