The International Water Management Conference took place from 30 May to 3 June 2004 by the Dead Sea in Jordan.

The conference, sponsored by the Jordanian Ministry of Water and Irrigation with funding provided by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), brought together some 1,500 experts and officials from 30 countries to discuss water management and provide water consumers, specifically industry and commercial agencies, with a forum to learn how new conservation technologies can reduce costs, as well as save the region’s water. Experts also addressed the Dead Sea’s declining water level as a result of evaporation and river diversion, recommending that Jordan and Israel draw water from the Red Sea via a canal. The two countries have agreed on the plan, but are awaiting funding approval from the World Bank and other donor countries. More information is available at: http://www.wdm2004.org/index.asp