Overview: The Major Issues -- Threats to Global Water Security: Population Growth, Terrorism, Climate Change, or Commercialisation? -- Less is More: Approaching Water Security and Sustainability from the Demand Side -- Water Security of Nations: How International Trade Affects National Water Scarcity and Dependency -- Reducing the Risk: Drought Mitigation and the Economy of Irrigation -- Working Group I: Risk Assessment and Water Governance -- Water Quality and Terrorism -- Drinking Water Security in Crisis Situations From a Medical Perspective -- Biosensors In a System of Instrumental Tools to Prevent Effects of Bioterrorism and Automotive Control of Water Process Purification -- A High Sensitivity Nuclear Method for Real-Time Detection of Elements and Compounds in Drinking Water and Soil -- Natural Disasters and Surface and Subsurface Water Pollution Risk Assessment for Some Regions of Georgia -- Storm Surges on the Southern Coast of Gulf of Riga: Case Study of the Lielupe River -- Ground Water Vulnerability Assessment of the Aparan Aquifer, Republic of Armenia, and Its Representation in A 3-D Model -- Wastewater Modeling to Reduce Disaster Risk From Groundwater Contamination -- Survival in Groundwater and Ft-ir Characterization of Some Pathogenic and Indicator Bacteria -- Working Group II: The Threat from Armed Conflict and Terrorism -- Managing Extreme Events and Climate Change -- Climate Change, Glacier Retreat, and Water Availability in the Caucasus Region -- Risk Management and Mitigation in Highly Urbanized River Basins -- Spatial Data Integration for Emergency Services of Flood Management -- The Use of Remote Sensing and Gis Techniques in Flood Monitoring and Damage Assessment: A Study Case in Romania -- Flooding in Afghanistan: A Crisis -- Human Factors in the Floods of Romania -- Development of Dangerous Geodynamic Processes in the South Caucasus and the Problem of Mitigating Their Consequences -- Threats in the Tienshan-Pamir Region of Kyrgyzstan -- Long-Term Prognosis of High Flows in the Mountain Rivers of Georgia -- Water Disasters in the Territory of Armenia -- The Floods on the River Danube in 2006: Social Impact and Remedial Processes -- The Analysis of Dangerous Hydrological Processes for The Terek River Basin -- Floods and Their Risk Assessment in East Siberia -- Removing Chlorine-Containing Organic Compounds in the Environment After Floods -- Calibration of an Atmospheric/Hydrological Model System for Flood Forecasting in the Odra Watershed -- The Role of Meteorological Models in the Prediction of Weather Hazards - the European Approach -- Extending the Danube Flood Forecasting System With the Use of Meteorological Ensembles -- Working Group III: Threats Due to Climate Change - Global Problems in A Regional Context -- Protecting Aquatic Ecosystems -- Assessment of Risks and Possible Ecological and Economic Damage from Large-Scale Natural and Man-Induced Catastrophes in Ecologically Vulnerable Regions of Central Asia and the Caucasus -- Environmental Management of Intentional or Accidental Environmental Threats to Water Security in the Danube Delta -- Preventing Disaster on French Creek, One of the Most Biologically Diverse Rivers in North America -- Appraisal of Methodology of Ecological Risks Assessment Arising From Pollution of The Rivers of the Ukraine -- Emergency Response and Water Security of the Btc Pipeline In Ecologically Sensitive Areas of Georgia -- Infrastructure - Technical Innovations and Failures -- Effects of Reservoirs on Streamflow in the Boreal Region -- Hydrogeological Factors and the Safe Operation of Hydraulic Structures -- Evaluation of The Effect of A Water Hammer on the Failure of A Corroded Water Pipeline -- Sewer System Condition, Type of Sewers and Their Impacts on Environmental Management -- Restoring The Water Resources of the Aral Sea Basin -- The Aral Sea: A Matter of Mutual Trust -- Extreme and Average Glacier Runoff in the Amudarya River Basin -- Future of the Aral Sea and the Aral Sea Coast -- Natural Disaster: Prevention of Drinking Water Scarcity -- Estimation of Ecological Risk of Transboundary Pollution of the Amu River -- On Tthe Development of A Strategy for The Optimal Use of The Upstream Water Resources of the Amudary Basin In The National Interests Of The Tajik Republic -- Integrated Management Strategy for Transboundary Water Resources in Central Asia.