Based on the summary and discussion of previous conferences, the central theme of WRE 2018 is the Sustainability Development of Water Resource and Environment, and the sub-themes are as follows:

Water Resources Management

• water resources systems

• climate change impacts on hydrology and water resources

• monitoring, remediation, assessment and protection of water resources

• planning and management of water resources and water provision

• watershed hydrology

• erosion and sediment transport

Aquatic Ecosystems

• ecology of water resources

• degradation of aquatic ecosystems

• aquatic ecosystems maintenance and preservation

• aquatic and marine ecology

• aquaculture and environmental impacts

• invasive species

• benthic ecology

Ecology

• Behavioral and physiological ecology

• Conservation ecology and biodiversity research

• Community, population, and macroecology

• Landscape ecology and ecosystems

• Theoretical ecology and models     Water Policies and Planning

• development and realization of national and international policies on water

• water economics

• water efficiency including water footprint and virtual water calculations

• changing patterns of water consumption and use

Water Pollution

• contaminant sources, sorption, diffusion, transformation, volatilization and transport

• physics, chemistry and biology of water

• electro-analytical and environmental chemistry

• pharmaceuticals in the aquatic environment

Water and Wastewater Treatment

• domestic and industrial wastewater

• potable water

• development of analytical methods for emerging contaminants

Groundwater

• water and groundwater interactions

• soil and aquifer properties

• groundwater flow and well hydraulics

• hydro-geochemistry and contaminant hydrogeology

Sustainability and Water

• Water Quality Assessment 

• Water Environment Protection

• sustainable use of water resources

• unsustainable patterns of water consumption and use

• water demand and consumption

• water recycling and reuse

Wetland Systems

• integrated constructed wetlands

• treatment wetlands

• ecosystem restoration

Sustainable Drainage

• best management practice

• storm water management

• runoff control

• extreme hydrological events

• sustainable flood retention basins

• permeable pavement systems

• Hydrologic Numerical Simulation

• Hydrologic Model