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Technical guidance to improve water treatment will be provided, if requested by water system operators or local government authorities.\n* At the community level: Community engagement, primarily at the onset, to inform the community about the water quality testing program and answer questions.",[9,15,19,23],null,[33],{"name":34,"affiliation":5,"role":35},"Valerie Bauza, PhD","PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR",[37,41],{"name":34,"role":38,"phone":39,"phoneExt":31,"email":40},"CONTACT","4148011025","valerie@aquaya.org",{"name":42,"role":38,"phone":31,"phoneExt":31,"email":43},"Caroline Delaire, PhD","caroline@aquaya.org",[45,61],{"facility":5,"status":46,"city":47,"state":31,"zip":31,"country":48,"countryCode":49,"cosmosGeoPoint":50,"geoPoint":55,"contacts":56},"RECRUITING","Accra","Ghana","GH",{"type":51,"coordinates":52},"Point",[53,54],-0.1969,5.55602,{"lat":54,"lon":53},[57],{"name":58,"role":38,"phone":59,"phoneExt":31,"email":60},"Bashiru Yachori","233246884576","bashiru@aquaya.org",{"facility":5,"status":46,"city":62,"state":31,"zip":31,"country":63,"countryCode":64,"cosmosGeoPoint":65,"geoPoint":69,"contacts":70},"Nairobi","Kenya","KE",{"type":51,"coordinates":66},[67,68],36.81667,-1.28333,{"lat":68,"lon":67},[71],{"name":72,"role":38,"phone":73,"phoneExt":31,"email":74},"Peace Musonge","32489116884","peace@aquaya.org",{"type":76,"investigatorFullName":31,"investigatorTitle":31,"investigatorAffiliation":31,"oldNameTitle":31,"oldOrganization":31},"SPONSOR",[78,81,83,85,88],{"name":79,"class":80},"United States Agency for International Development (USAID)","FED",{"name":82,"class":6},"Conrad N. 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