UNITED NATIONS - / MaximsNews Network / 8 July 2008 -- The inaugural International Water Conference 2008 is scheduled to take place in New York City at the end of July.  

The conference is organized by the New York Institute of Technology’s Center of Water Resources Management in cooperation with the United Nations (Department of Economics and Social Affairs) and the World Bank.

The conference program will address the critical role of water efficiency and water resource management when it comes to achieving drinking water sustainability.

Specifically, this program seeks to identify practical and affordable technological solutions to more effectively address the evolving challenges associated with achieving drinking water sustainability. 

The conference will take place on July 23^rd and 24^th at the headquarters of the United Nations.

The upcoming conference will reflect a gathering of experts in water resources management, representatives from the United Nations and its member nations, water practitioners in the field, and other leading organizations that collectively work together to address the global drinking water challenge.

Currently, it is estimated that 20% of the world’s population (1.2 billion people) do not have proper access to potable water. 

One of the eight Millennium Development Goals established by the United Nations in September 2007 includes halving the number of people without access to safe drinking water by the year 2015.  

The availability and accessibility of low-cost technologies for the drinking water sector will play a critical role in achieving this goal.

The conference will include presentations highlighting new technologies and initiatives that are currently underway including those from ITT Fluid Technology, Siemens Water Technologies, GE Water & Process Technologies, and Dow Water Solutions.

And the conference program will salute the growing role of micro-finance initiatives as a practical sustainable solution for partially funding the implementation of some of these new low-cost drinking water technologies.

For more information about the conference and to register, visit www.nyit.edu/water.

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