وقد سبق لرئيس محكمة العدل الدولية، السيد شويبل، أن اقترح وسائل معينة للتغلب على خطر التجزؤ:
A watercourse State whose use of an international watercourse may be affected to a significant extent by the implementation of a proposed watercourse agreement that applies only to a part of the watercourse or to a particular project, programme or use is entitled to participate in consultations on such an agreement and, where appropriate, in the negotiation thereof in good faith with a view to becoming a party thereto, to the extent that its use is thereby affected.”