From 2006-03-18 to 2006-03-22

Venue: Muscat, Sultanate of Oman

Summary:
Several previous seminars have been organized at the international level on the use of economic incentives and reform the of water institutions in order to deal with the demand side of water as opposed to the supply side. The main objective of this conference is to review ongoing experiences in different countries where these instruments exist.
The conference themes will include:
• water markets experiences in developed and developing countries
• economic evaluation of water transfer between countries
• economic impacts of water transfer from agriculture to urban uses
• economic assessment of positive externalities of irrigation water in arid regions
• water rights and management of ground water and sea water intrusion
• environmental and economic consequences of disposing of oil production water to aquifers.

Organizers: Sultan Qaboos University, Water Research Centre, and Ministry of Regional Municipalities Environment and Water Resources
Contact Name: Slim Zekri
E-mail: slim@squ.edu.om
URL: http://www.squ.edu.om/agr/depts/do/conference/conf-int-eiwdm.html