Selected Proceedings of ASPIRE 2005, the 1st International Water Association - Asia Pacific Regional Group (IWA-ASPIRE) Conference & Exhibition, held in Singapore, 10 -15 July 2005.

The 2005 IWA-ASPIRE Conference covered a wide spectrum of water issues, featuring the latest developments in technologies and management techniques governing water resource management, water supply, wastewater management and water pollution control. The papers demonstrated the high quality research and innovation from the Asia Pacific region, and the global relevance of that work.

These proceedings issue comprises 37 articles that have been selected following peer review that represent advances in knowledge in the areas of drinking water treatment and management and operation of water supply systems (a companion issue of Water Science and Technology contains papers on aspects of wastewater treatment and environmental management).

These selected proceedings provide an essential reference on latest developments in the technologies and management techniques governing water resources, water supply systems and drinking water treatment that will prove highly valuable to engineers, researchers and technicians working in these fields.