According to population projection, Iranian city of Bandar Abbas will reach a high of 1057678 people in 2041 AH; that is 621927 individuals more than the census in 2011AH. In other words, 143% increase. Rising population will naturally bring about more pressure on natural resources of which water stands as the most important. The research results reveal that over the 30 years (2011 up until 2041) the water demand in Bandar Abbas would increase up to 118513 m3. In other words, water demand would increase more than two-fold. After the questionnaires were filled out, SPSS software was employed for analyses. The Results showed that five factors bear the greatest importance in proper water resource management: technical-executive, public participation and activities, political-institutional, educational-cultural-developmental, and economic-social achieved means scores of 3.94, 3.63, 3.65, 3.6 and 3.56, respectively. Obviously, the means scores of all these five factors exceed 3, indicating that they fall in the significance category of medium-to-high, a fact that renders them noteworthy in proper water resource management. Delphi-SWOT method is used to identify the key strategies in water resources of Bandar Abbas. The factor and sub-factors along with their importance were determined, and finally, 11 strategies were specified for water resource management of Bandar Abbas.
