# A2.8 Incident and emergency management

American Water Works Association (2001). Emergency planning for water utilities. manual of water supply practices. M19. 4th Edition. American Water Works Association, Denver.

Clancy JL (2000). Sydney’s 1998 water quality crisis. Journal of the American Water Works Association, 92(3): 55–66.

Clancy JL (2001). Lessons from the 1998 Sydney water crisis. Water, 28(1): 33–36.


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