It was the first real case dealing with substantive water law issues, establishing reasonable and equitable use as the governing principle, and also gave increased jurisprudence into the principles and standards of international environmental law.
这是第一个真正涉及实质性水法问题的案件，它把合理与公平的使用确定为指导原则，而且为国际环境法的原则和标准扩增了判例。