Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of illustrations -- Notes on editors and contributors -- Introduction -- Part 1 Comparative national water law and policy -- 1 Customary water rights and legal pluralism -- 2 A comparative analysis of the public trust doctrine for managing water in the United States and India -- 3 Water rights and permitting: a South African approach -- 4 The EU approach for integrated water resource management: transposing the EU Water Framework Directive within a national context - key insights from experience -- 5 Water markets -- 6 Water pollution and water quality: shifting regulatory paradigms -- 7 Contaminants of emerging concern -- 8 The human right to water -- 9 Governance and regulation of water and sanitation services provision -- 10 Legal aspects of flood management -- 11 Water allocation and management during drought -- 12 Stakeholder engagement for inclusive water governance -- 13 Monitoring and enforcement: the United States Clean Water Act model -- Part 2 Transboundary water law and policy -- 14 The treaty architecture for the governance of transboundary aquifers, lakes and rivers -- 15 The evolution of international law relating to transboundary waters -- 16 International law and transboundary aquifers -- 17 Substantive rules of international water law -- 18 The significance of the duty to cooperate for transboundary water resources management under international water law -- 19 Joint institutional arrangements for governing shared water resources: a comparative analysis of state practice -- 20 Strengthening the implementation of transboundary water agreements: insights from the UNECE Water Convention Implementation Committee -- 21 The role of non-state actors in the development and implementation of international water law