When the concept of sustainable development has to be fully considered, then water management has to include new perspective relative to resource conservation, environmental friendliness, technological appropriateness, economic viability, social acceptability and human oriented development. This is entirely justified since pressure on water resources utilization increases as a consequence of population growth, increased food demand and growing urbanization. Consequently, irrigation and agricultural water use has to expand but following new orientations in order to support increased food production, to face competition of other uses, and to provide for sustainable water utilization. Innovative issues are therefore required under the perspectives of environment and health, technological development, policy and institutional building, planning, and social and economic aspects