EDITORIAL
‘Many rivers to cross’ in the vibrant field of water law
OWEN MCINTYRE 

ARTICLES
Holding back the tide: an exploration of  the possible legal basis for a claim of a  right to be protected from flooding
EMMA BEAN 
Doctoral Student, International Water Security Network, University of the West of England
CHAD STADDON
Professor of Resource Economics and Policy,
University of the West of England and 
Director of the International Water Security Network
THOMAS APPLEBY
Associate Professor in Property Law, International Water Security Network, University of the West of England

Acting for the public good: banning fracking in New York State
KEITH S. PORTER 
Adjunct Professor of Law, Fellow Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future, Cornell University 
Law School and formerly Director, New York State Water Resources Institute

Reciprocity and the development of international water law
DAVID DEVLAEMINCK 
China International Water Law (CIWL), 
School of Law, Xiamen University

CASE COMMENTARIES
US litigation and regulation: selected issues
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAWYERS 
Does the Clean Water Act cover discharges to or through groundwater?
Accommodate thy neighbour
Would you like some regulatory inaction with your tea?
Don’t the interests of the United States include protecting groundwater on its own land?

STRATEGIC ISSUES

European Union 

European environment – State and Outlook Report 2015 (SOER 2015)
Fourth report on the implementation of EU water legislation
Annual bathing water report
State of Nature report
State of Europe’s seas
Water reuse
Marine protected areas
Biodiversity mid-term review
Amendment of the Drinking Water Directive
New Circular Economy Package
JOANNE SELLICK
School of Law, University of Plymouth

Scotland 
Water charges
Flood risk management: guidance on options appraisal
Licensing of aquaculture
SARAH HENDRY
Centre for Water Law, Policy and Science, 
University of Dundee