The 2008 conference theme will focus on the challenges of ensuring abundant affordable clean water for future generations while addressing the challenges of deteriorating infrastructure, continued population growth, increasing competition for a diminishing water resource, a reduction in professional work staff, and greater public concern over unknown effects of micro pollutants.

It will be the 75th annual conference. The very first conference/meeting was held in 1934 at which the formation of PNCWA as an official organization was proposed, and PNCWA was officially incorporated then in 1935.