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Water Sector Progress on Decontamination Recommendations and Proposed Strategic Plan

These documents provide an update on the status of projects related to the recommendations made by the Water Sector in 2008 to address decontamination processes at drinking water and wastewater utilities. 

  • Progress on Water Sector Decontamination Recommendations & Proposed Strategic Plan (pdf) (1.11 MB)
    Updates the water sector on the progress of work done by different agencies.
  • 2008 Recommendations and Proposed Strategic Plan: Water Sector Decontamination Priorities (pdf) (750.33 KB)
    Provides the water sector's recommendations for the decontamination strategy proposal.

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Last updated on June 26, 2024
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