WWTAC
2006

ORGANISATION

VENUE

IWA Specialty Conference:
1st International Symposium on
Water and Wastewater Technologies
in Ancient Civilizations

October 28-30, 2006
Heraklion (Iraklio), Crete, Greece

Organised by
International Water Association (IWA)

Under the Aegis of
EU, FAO, UNESCO, EUREAU, and ASSOC. OF GREEK MUNICIPALITIES

The principal aims of the symposium are:

(a) To reveal the cultural heritage concerning water and wastewater in several regions of the world and to make visible the archeological (ancient and traditional) remnants of practices which have contributed to the diachronic development of the related management technologies.

(b) To describe and evaluate the pre-industrial hydraulic technologies, which on a long term may contribute to water and wastewater management systems and to the development of integrated methodologies.

(c) To develop systems based on ancient technologies using modern equipment, which may be of great significance for water, wastewater and environmental management in the future.