ICFM and WATER signed an affiliation agreement, saying that the International Conference on Flood Management (ICFM) is affiliated to Water. ICFM and Water will enjoy the benefits provided by each other, including a discount on the article processing charges and the publishment of books, advertising each other through social media channels and newsletters, etc. More importantly, the agreement facilitates the publication of ICFM8 conference papers in Water!

Water (ISSN 2073-4441; CODEN: WATEGH) is a peer-reviewed open access journal on water science and technology and is published monthly online by MDPI.

• High visibility: indexed by the Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science), Ei Compendex and other databases.

• CiteScore (2018 Scopus data): 2.66, which equals rank 39/203 (Q1) in 'Water Science and Technology' and rank 34/204 (Q2) in 'Aquatic Science'.
• Impact Factor: 2.524 (2018) ; 5-Year Impact Factor: 2.721 (2018)

As an international and interdisciplinary journal, Water covers all aspects of water, including water science, technology, management and governance. The scope of Water encompasses the following research areas:

• Water resources management: water resources systems; monitoring, remediation and protection of water resources; water resources planning; adaptive management; water demand management; national and international water policy; water economics.
• Water governance: institutional arrangements; water law; water rights; property regimes; trans-boundary water issues; water conflict; water politics; water security; history of water resources.
• Hydrology & hydraulics: catchment hydrology; modelling and remote sensing; climate change & land use change impacts; surface-groundwater interactions; soil water; aquifers; river & groundwater flow; peak and low flows; drought; variability & uncertainty.
• Water scarcity: water allocation & use; water recycling and reuse; reservoirs; rainwater harvesting; river basin closure; groundwater depletion; drought management.
• Flood risk: flood modelling; flood impacts; flood risk management; flood protection; flood resilience; flood retention basins; hazard zoning; flood insurance.
• Water quality: physics, chemistry and biology of water; point-source and diffuse water pollution; transport processes; nutrients; pesticides; metals; pharmaceuticals; erosion and sediment transport; hydro-geochemistry and contaminant hydrogeology.
• Water & wastewater treatment: water purification; treatment of domestic and industrial wastewater; water reuse; constructed wetlands; treatment wetlands.
• Urban water management: urban drainage; storm water management; sewerage; local water storage; permeable pavement systems.
• Water footprint assessment: water consumption & pollution along supply chains; virtual water trade; international water dependencies; sustainability, equitability and efficiency of water use; corporate water disclosure & stewardship; water risk.
• Water-food: rain-fed and irrigated agriculture; water productivity, irrigation efficiency; aquaculture; hydroponics; aquaponics.
• Water-energy: water use in energy production; energy use in water supply and treatment; hydropower; integrated water-carbon footprint studies.
• Water-human development: drinking water supply and sanitation; effects of contaminated water on health; waterborne diseases; water and poverty; water constraints to growth.
• Water-ecosystems: aquatic ecology; wetlands; environmental water requirements; degradation of aquatic ecosystems; preservation; restoration; environmental impacts of dams and other infrastructure; invasive species.

In response to the global concern of flood risk, ICFM and Water launched cooperation for adding high quality scientific works to the fields of water science and flood risk management, facilitating the visibility of scientific and technological achievements, and bringing more benefits to practitioners in relevant fields. According to the Agreement,

• Water will set up Special Issues with ICFM and collect selected papers from these conferences.
• ICFM will enjoy a discount on the article processing charges for papers from the International Conference on Flood Management to be published in the Special Issue in Water

*The exact disacount will be agreed upon before every conference. And if authors’ institutions are part of the MDPI Institutional Open Access Program and already enjoy a discount, the highese discount will apply. Discounts cannot be cumulated.
 
Under the theme of "Lowering Risk by Increasing Resilience", 8th International Conference on Flood Management (ICFM8) will be held from August 17 to August 19, 2020 in The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, U.S. ICFM8 aims at providing a unique opportunity to exchange ideas and experiences on a range of issues that affect flood management, particularly the need to build resilience into future planning. The conference will identify key concerns and significant challenges of the future as currently perceived by researchers, industry, policymakers and other flood management stakeholders.

Main Conference Themes

• Science & Technology for Flood Risk Management
• Handling Data and Information for Flood Risk Management
• Flood Disaster Prevention, Mitigation, and Adaptation
• Flood Preparedness, Response, and Recovery
• Flood Decision-making, Policy, and Governance
• Flood Resilience

The deadline for abstract submission will be September 15, 2019. For submission and registration, please visit www.icfm2020.org or www.icfm.world. If you have any question about ICFM8, please feel free to contact the organizing committee via IIHR-ICFM2020@uiowa.edu.