1. Originality

Papers submitted must not have been partly or fully published, or simultaneously submitted for publication elsewhere.

2. Paper Submission

Papers must be in English. Non-English speaking authors should seek the advice of a professional language expert or an English speaker to help translate the paper. The paper must be an original copy, typed in single spacing. It should be submitted in both hard copy and electronic form, complete with tables and illustrations to the Chairman of the Technical Programme Committee, CWWA 2001 Conference no later than July 30, 2001. The author(s) name, address and contact number should be included as well as a short biography of the person presenting the paper. The biography should be approximately one paragraph in length detailing information such as educational qualifications, job title, job responsibilities and major interests.

3. Content

All pages must be numbered consecutively. Figures and tables must be clearly labeled. Words normally italicized must be typed in italics or underlined. The paper should normally include a title, abstract, key words, introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion, conclusions and references.

(a) Title page. The title page must state the names of all authors. A short title of not more than 45 letters and spaces must be provided for page headings.

(b) Abstract. Authors are requested to ensure that abstracts for all contributions give concise factual information about the objectives of the work, the methods used, the results obtained and the conclusions reached. The abstract should be no more than 500 words.

(c) Key words. Authors must list immediately below the abstract up to 6 key words that identify the main points of their paper.

(d) Abbreviations and Notations. Acronyms and abbreviations should be spelled out in full at their first occurrence in the text.

(e) Conclusions. Papers must end with a summary of major conclusions or recommendations preferably in a list form.

(f) References. References to published literature must be cited in accordance with the Harvard Referencing System e.g.

Eckenfelder, W. (1994) Alternative strategies for meeting stringent effluent guidelines. Water Science and Technology Journal, Vol. 29, No.8, pp.1-7.

(g) Illustrations and Tables. Originals of illustrations and tables must be provided with an original of the paper. Photographs, graphs and line drawings must be clear and of good quality to allow clear reproduction.

Tables and their headings must be clear and even. Particular care must be taken with nomenclature and sub- and superscripts to ensure correct alignment.

(h) Electronic Submission. Authors of accepted papers must provide one clear hard original copy and one electronic copy by e-mail, preferably in Microsoft Word format.

4. Copyright

Papers submitted will be copyrighted by the CWWA.

5. Paper Presentation

Paper presentations should be no longer than 20 minutes duration. Ten minutes will be allowed for question time. Please indicate your requirements for overhead projector, LCD projector or flip-chart. Those presenters requiring an LCD projector will be required to bring their own laptops (Note: Voltage supply in the Cayman Islands is 120V).