This conference aims to bring together specialist water historians, sociologists, political scientists, civil engineers and scientists, as well as water sector experts in academia and professional water sector leaders and researchers to discuss the serious issue of water shortages of Anthropogenic climate change. The 2022 IWHA conference will be held for the third time on the African continent, in Stellenbosch, 50km from Cape Town, South Africa’s multicultural melting pot with its rich history.