Surface Water Hydrology

• Mathematical modeling of rainfall/runoff/erosion

• Urban hydrology

• Hydrologic hazards: floods, droughts, and landslides

• Watershed hydrologic and water quality modeling

• Modeling and managing wetlands

Groundwater Hydrology

• Evaluation of groundwater resources

• Saltwater intrusion

• Modeling and case studies

• Land Subsidence due to Groundwater Withdrawal 

• Contaminated groundwater: issues and solutions

Water Supply and Treatment

• Advances in water and wastewater treatment including residuals

• Rainfall harvesting and new methods of water development

• Artificial recharge

• Case studies of water and wastewater treatment

• Emerging contaminants

• Marine outfalls and environmental impacts

• Desalination of sea water and saline groundwater

• Advances in water and wastewater treatment including residuals

• Case studies of water and wastewater treatment

Environmental Hydraulics and Water Quality

• Improving surface water quality: case studies

• Determining environmental flow requirements 

• Modeling and measuring ecosystems and restoration

• Low impact development (LID): Centralized vs. decentralized management 

• Landscape and sediment management

Water Resources Planning and Management

• Multi-purpose reservoir systems operation

• Management of reservoir sedimentation

• Managing at-risk lands and changes in land use

• Integrated water quantity and quality management 

• Watershed management and ecosystem restoration

• Inter-basin water transfers

• Real-time systems operations

• Hydropower systems modeling

Climate Change and Climate Variability

• Local impacts on water availability, demand and water storage operation

• Managing extreme water events: floods and droughts

• Modeling approaches

Socioeconomics of Water Resources

• Pricing and water rights

• Sustainable water use and development

• Water conservation

• Water security systems and risk

• Governance and conflict resolution in inter-sectorial water demands 

Educational Outreach

• School programs for education

• University curricula and teaching issues

Information Systems for Water Resources

• National information systems

• GIS applications in water resources

• Hydroclimatic forecasts and their applications 

Water Sustainability

• Food-energy-water nexus analysis 

• Human impact on hydrological processes and water availability

• Water re-use: Water conservation vs. health risks

• Water security and integrated management

Hydro-informatics and Innovative Technology

• The use of mobile technology in water systems operation 

• Sensor network design

• Remote sensing 

• Decision support system development

• Grid, cloud and high- performance computing

International Topics

• International cooperation in information systems

• Water security and safety in developing urban areas

• International river basin management

• Water resources management in South Korea: Implication for International collaboration