Water is one of the most important resources used by the mankind for different problems. Navigable rivers and seas are waterways. Floor and shelf are source of minerals. Apart from being necessary for vital activity, fresh water is comprehensive refrigerant and solvent for manufacturing process. But often the world sea is used as a bottomless drain sump. Human intervention irreversibly changes landscape, rivers, all environment.

The need for purification and prevention of water contamination is long overdue. In various countries, measures on water resource conservation are taken, and treatment plant projects, methods of water recovery, technologies of sustainable and ecological use are designed. Under the guidance of the Ministry of natural resources and ecology, such work is carried out in Russia.

One of the themes of Marine Industry of Russia Forum is desiccation and water resource protection. We should consider various ways of handling the problem. These are engineering controls, legal protection of water resources, ways of interaction with industrial organizations, prohibitions against untreated water discharge, creation of water protection zones, participation in self-purification, and many other activities.