This volume features the proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop "Wastewater Reuse - Risk Assessment, Decision-Making and Environmental Security", held in Istanbul, Turkey, in October 2006. It contains 45 papers that cover the current situation of water management in the world and especially the Middle-east and Mediterranean regions, addressing some of the most difficult international conflicts.

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Session 1. Introduction and Risk Assessment Methods: Environmental Hazard Impact.- 1. Effects of Mining Activities on Water around the Canakkale Plain; A. Baba et al.- 2. Water Databanks IV, Mediterranean Region: Israel, Jordan, Palestine Authority; J.L.G. de Schutter.- 3. Wastewater Treatment and Reuse in Mediterranean Countries; C. Wendland et al.- 4. Risk/Cost Analysis of Sustainable Management of Wastewater for Irrigation: An Environmental Supply Chain approach; E. Levner.- 5. Direct Osmosis Technique: An Approach to Wastewater Reuse in Uzbekistan; Renat R. Khaydarov et al.- Session 2. Wastewater reuse - case studies.- 6. Wastewater Management, Treatment and Reuse in Israel; S. Arlosoroff.- 7. Soil Aquifer Treatment Areas in Tunisia: Jerba Island; M. Anane et al.- 8. Wastewater use in Jordan: an Introduction; Z.B. Nsheiwat.- 9. Municipal Water Reuse in Tucson, Arizona, USA; S.B. Megdal.- Session 3. Current Risk Management Practices - Developed Countries.- 10. Dairy Wastewater Treatment with Effective Microorganisms and Duckweed for Pollutants and Pathogen Control; M. T. Rashid and J. West.- 11. Optimization of Treatment Train of Water Reuse Schemes in the Czech Republic; P. Hlavinek and J.Kubik.- Session 4. Risk Assessment/International Conflicts.- 12. Ranking of Ecological Risks Related to Wastewater Management; D. Alcaide Lopez De Pablo.- 13. Risk Assessment of Wastewater Contaminated with Radionuclides Using Arabidopsis Thaliana L. Plants; N.M.Rashydov et al.- 14. Multi Criteria Decision-making Tool for Optimal Water Resource Management; K. Atoyev.- Session 5. Risk Assessment Methods: Hazard Impact of Treatment Methods.- 15. Risk-based Decision Support of Water Resource Management Alternatives; P.D. West, T. Trainor.- 16. Assessment of Three Wastewater Treatment Plants in Turkey; O. Gundaz, C. Simsek.- 17. Pollution Potential of the Shallow Aquifers in Jordan; N. Al-Halasah, B.Y. Ammary.- 18. Oxidation Ponds for Wastewater Treatment in Egypt; H.I.Abdel-Shafy, M.A.M. Salem.- Session 6. Risk Assessment: Economic and Managerial Aspects.- 19. Combining Wastewater Irrigation with Desalination: a Multi-Disciplinary Approach; N. Haruvy.- 20. Wastewater Reuse, Risk Assessment, Decision-making - A Three Ended Narrative Subject; S. Meric, D. Fatta.- 21. . Guidelines for Irrigation Management of Saline Waters are Overly Conservative J. Letey.- 22. Pricing of Water and Effluent in a Sustainable Salt Regime; O. Goldfarb.- 23. Regional Planning of Wastewater Reuse for Agricultural Irrigation and River Rehabilitation; G. Axelrad, E. Feinerman.- Session 7. Risk Assessment/National Policy Making Interface.- 24. Sewerage Infrastructure: Fuzzy techniques to Manage Failure Risk; Y. Kleiner et al.- 25. . Guidelines for Good Practice of Wastewater Reuse for Irrigation in Portugal; M.H.F. Marecos do Monte.- 26. Farmers' Demand for Recycled Water in Cyprus: a Contingent Valuation; E. Birol et al.- 27. Evaluating the World Health Organization's 2006 Health Guidelines for Wastewater Reuse in Agriculture; H. Shuval.- Session 8. Current Risk Management Practices.- 28. New Standards for Treated Wastewater Reuse in Israel; Y. Inbar.- 29. Wastewater Reuse in Israel - Risk Assessment; Y. Dreizin.- 30. Life Cycle Assessment, a Decision-making Tool for Wastewater Treatment Facilities; M.T. Abmed.- 31. Radiation-Thermal Purification of Wastewater from Oil Pollution; I. Mustafayev et al.- 32. Analysis of Antibiotic Resistance Patterns of Fecal Enterococcus in Coastal Waters of Puerto Rico; N.J. Rodriguez, B.R. Zaidi.- 33. Effects of a Long-term Wastewater Irrigation on Chemical, Microbiological and Virological Status of Soil; Z. Filip, K. Demnerova.- 34. The Algorithm of Risk Assessment on Population Health; A.A.Bayramov.- 35. Thermal Treatment of Wastewater from Cheese Production; L.B. Giese et al.- 36. Environmental Aspects of Wastewater reuse; M.K. Zaidi.- 37. Wastewater Reuse in Israel and the West Bank; S. Shaihevet.- 38. Overview of