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Sustainable Water Infrastructure

Resource Guide to Effective Utility Management and Lean

The document provides information and case studies to help utilities use Lean techniques and tools to achieve the outcomes associated with the Effective Utility Management attributes.

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Resource Guide to Effective Utility Management and Lean (PDF)(106 pp, 3 MB)