Category: Phase 1: Containing the Pandemic

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Drinking Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH) and COVID-19 Library – WASH4Work

WASH4Work partners have responded to the pandemic by launching a number of new initiatives and projects. It shares tools, resources, and experiences from companies and other partners on this…

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Coronavirus Global Health Emergency Library – UN-WATER

This page brings together water and sanitation-related information from UN-Water Members and Partners in the light of the coronavirus global emergency. UN-Water is working to ensure the most up-to-date…

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#UnitingBusiness to Respond to COVID-19 – UN Global Compact

To help companies navigate the sustainability challenges magnified by COVID-19, the UN Global Compact has compiled a series of COVID-19 issue area briefs that detail the impact of the…

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Water and COVID-19: Risks and Opportunities Library – Pacific Institute

The Pacific Institute is committed to providing data, analysis, and recommendations for addressing the challenges of COVID-19. This page compiles relevant publications and information from the Pacific Institute and…

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COVID-19 Guidance for Legionella and Building Water System Closures

The focus of this guidance is to reduce Legionella growth and other pathogen and corrosion concerns that occur when there is a large drop in building water use.

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Checklist: Restoring Water Quality in Buildings for Reopening.

Building and business closures for weeks or months reduce water usage, potentially leading to stagnant water inside building plumbing. This water can become unsafe to drink or otherwise use…

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Maintaining or Restoring Water Quality in Buildings with Low or No Use.

EPA recommends that building owners and managers take proactive steps to protect public health by minimizing water stagnation during closures and taking action to address building water quality prior…

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Restoring Water to Medical, Residential, and Commercial Buildings Shutdowns, Unsafe Water

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused widespread building shutdowns, but also emergency restoration of water to previously closed medical facilities and homes. Several serious building drinking water safety risks exist….

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Guidance for Reopening Buildings After Prolonged Shutdown or Reduced Operation

This guidance helps to ensure the safety of your occupants and building water system and devices.

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Safely Re-Opening Buildings. General Guidance and Fact Sheet.

CWWA is pleased to release these two new guidance documents related to COVID-19 and the re-opening of buildings. Part One is a General Guidance for Water Utilities Part Two…

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Coronavirus: Resource Tools.

With the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic impacting communities throughout the world, water professionals are working around the clock to ensure that safe, reliable water service continues to flow.

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COVID-19: The Link Between Transmission, Sanitation and Hygiene Services

In the wake of the Coronavirus disease, COVID-19, we are working to protect each other and our communities. Key to keeping healthy is having access to basic sanitation and…

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Family-Friendly Policies and Other Good Workplace Practices in the Context of COVID-19: Key Steps Employers Can Take

This document offers (interim) recommendations for employers to mitigate the negative consequences stemming from COVID-19.

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COVID-19–Why the Gaps in Available Data are Far More Terrifying

Who’d have guessed the biggest news item so far in 2020 would involve being told how to wash your hands? Yet it has been – at least for those…

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Combating the Coronavirus Without Clean Water

As the coronavirus crisis spreads throughout the world, it is increasingly clear that people with the least access to essential services like water will feel the most dramatic effects.

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Global Compact Against COVID-19: A Guide for CEO’s and Leaders

The purpose of this summarized Guide for CEOS and Leaders from the Global Compact Network Brazil
is to reinforce some of the crucial cautions so that companies can overcome this…

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Business Guide: COVID-19

This Guide offers companies an overview of how the private sector can join with the UN to take
collective action to stem the pandemic.

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COVID-19: How Business Can Support Women in Times of Crisis

Many of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic are hitting women disproportionately hard. Women are more likely than men to work in low-paying, insecure and informal jobs. Women also…

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Country Experiences on COVID-19 and WASH

Through this live-blog, SWA will be regularly sharing the approaches its partners are taking to the COVID-19 emergency, and how they are using multi-stakeholder platforms to strengthen preparedness, response…

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Operational Considerations for COVID-19 Management in the Accommodation Sector

This document has been prepared based on the evidence currently available about Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) transmission (human-to-human transmission primarily via respiratory droplets from, or direct contact with, an…

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