The law relating to sewers and drains is one of the most obscure and complex in the Statute Book. This is the only publication that has set out to explain it and to extract from it a set of harmonious principles. In so doing, it approaches the subject in a clear and straightforward manner, and draws particular attention to matters of practical difficulty. This new edition takes account of the large number of legislative changes and developments in case law. These include the provisions of the Water Act 2003 that will reshape arrangements for regulation of the water industry and extend the responsibility of sewerage undertakers for lateral drains; and important case law on such topics as the right to the public provision of a sewer, offences relating to the pollution of controlled waters, the application of the common law of nuisance and the Human Rights Act 1998 to flooding from sewers, and the application of the law relating to statutory nuisances. The title of the ninth edition has been amended to include the name of the book's creator, the late Professor Jack Garner, who compiled each previous edition.