Some current issues that are being faced now include recodification of Chapter 30 statutes including public interest test and agricultural drainage issues. Dockominiums referring to condominium units giving a person the right to use a pier slip in navigable waters. Last, but not least is the legislative response to the Supreme Courts decision in Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County vs. COE which limited the Corps of Engineers authority over certain isolated wetlands which are not a part of the water drainage system.

Cain talked about the historical aspect behind the public trust doctrine and its judicial construction. The doctrine was written to reflect the "public's interest" in waterways and to respond to the activities that have and will impact the navigable waterways. The doctrine took into consideration cases such as Willow River vs. Wade in 1898

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