The conference aims to cover the following broad thematic blocks (but not limited to):
- Regulatory requirements for rainwater harvesting
- Policy initiatives for rainwater harvesting in different states - Rural vs. Urban scenario.
- Development of surface water bodies vis-á-vis groundwater recharge
- Water pollution - standards for disposal, reuse, recycle, recharge, harvesting and storage
- Water consumption for various uses - quality and quantity aspects
- Water conflicts
- Rainwater harvesting techniques for different geo-hydro-thermo regions
- Risk management in rainwater harvesting
- Capacity assessment for rainwater harvesting
- Innovative water storage techniques
- Groundwater recharge
- Conventional water-borne sanitation system
- Water Storages and Wetlands
- Rainwater harvesting for climate change adaptation and energy saving
- Centralized vs. decentralized rainwater harvesting
- Water quality aspects in rainwater harvesting system
- Water quality management through rainwater harvesting
- Community participation in rainwater harvesting
- Natural water resources management
- Watershed management
- Water budgeting
- GIS for neighborhood-level analysis of rainwater catchment
- Wastewater management
- Wastewater reclamation, recycle and reuse
- Issues and challenges in dry sanitation
- Challenges in implementing ecological sanitation in developing countries
