“…In this issue we include three articles that are technical and management in nature (Alexander et al, 2020;Basheer et al, 2019;Prince et al, 2020). Others discuss political change and transnational politics (Adeniran & Daniell, 2020); understanding of water governance systems in extreme droughts (Nguyen et al, 2020); vulnerabilities and capacities for adaptation to water shortages (Schlamovitz & Becker, 2020); meeting water requirements during dry seasons (Goes et al, 2020); and promotion of multiple-use water services (Holm et al, 2020). With the aim of promoting dissemination for those authors who cannot pay for open access, we will continue to choose one article per issue and make it free-to-view online for three months.…”