Suzhou Creek in Shanghai, China, faces a challenge in wastewater pollution. Addressing both the systems and causes of pollution, adopting scientific technology, and enhancing research are some of the measures undertaken to meet the challenge.

This paper discusses how sustainable development, with the use of modern technology and without compromising the vital ecosystems, can be achieved through the involvement of community people. It features the experience of a nine-year-long participatory river basin water resources management project in northwest Bangladesh.

While the need to revitalize Asia's irrigation to support food security in a context of regional economic transition is recognized, the task remains complex. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, together with a number of regional and global partners and with these countries, have launched a regional initiative to revitalize irrigation and agricultural water management.

While the need to revitalize Asia's irrigation to support food security in a context of regional economic transition is recognized, the task remains complex. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, together with a number of regional and global partners and with these countries, have launched a regional initiative to revitalize irrigation and agricultural water management.

Shanxi Province in the People's Republic of China is no exception to the declining groundwater tables in the North China Plains. This presentation describes a number of micro-irrigation pilot activities in the country that promote efficient irrigation water use and groundwater management.

Shanxi Province in the People's Republic of China is no exception to the declining groundwater tables in the North China Plains. This presentation describes a number of micro-irrigation pilot activities in the country that promote efficient irrigation water use and groundwater management.

The steady rise of population growth in Asia’s megacities including the Philippines' capital city of Manila requires a holistic and integrated approach in sustainable water management. The experience of Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System in the Philippines has shown that improved water governance is the future of urban water management.

While Asia continues to show remarkable development and poverty reduction and expands its role significantly in the global economy, water security becomes a growing concern. Increasing water security will require mobilization of new levels of cooperation among all economic sectors and sections of society.