Countering ship-source biological pollution: the continuing saga of the IMO Ballast Water Convention
CIARAN McCARTHY
Courthouse Chambers, Cork 

Bridges over troubled waters: an interdisciplinary framework for evaluating the interconnectedness within fragmented domestic flood risk management systems
HERMAN KASPER GILISSEN et al
Utrecht Centre for Water, Oceans and Sustainability Law (UCWOSL), The Netherlands 

Enhancing the US-Mexico treaty regime on transboundary rivers: Minutes 317-319 and the elusive environmental Minute 
STEPHEN P MUMME 
Colorado State University 

CASE COMMENTARIES

New Zealand Case Commentary
Freshwater allocation: property rights, non-derogation from grant and legitimate expectation 
TREVOR DAYA-WINTERBOTTOM 
Faculty of Law, University of Waikato 

US Regulation and Litigation
Water litigation - North Dakota Federal Court strikes WOTUS rule - Sixth Circuit not sure of jurisdiction but stays WOTUS rule anyway - The Congress should specify a court for review of challenges to the Clean Water Rule - Due process and deference
American College of Environmental Lawyers

STRATEGIC ISSUES - ENGLAND AND WALES
Three developments in law on flooding and flood risk management in spring 2016
SIMON TILLING AND ELLA CURNOW
Burges Salmon

STRATEGIC ISSUES - SCOTLAND
 River basin management plans - Flood mapping and planning - Spreading sewerage sludge - Wild Fisheries - Infrastructure investment - Reservoirs - Marine spatial planning
 SARAH HENDRY
 Centre for Water Law, Policy and Science, University of Dundee