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The incident summaries provide a brief description of the event and highlight key points (including basic causes, critical factors, root causes and lessons learned) in addition to signposting interested readers to the detailed investigation report and selected other pertinent reference materials.

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Abbeystead - 23 May 1984

Incident: Water pumping station explosion. Location: UK. Keywords: Abbeystead, design, explosion, methane, MoC, procedure, tunnel, vent, void. Author: Peter Marsh.

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Lowermoor - 06 July 1988

Incident: Public water supply contamination. Location: UK. Keywords: aluminium, Camelford, communication, design, emergency, flocculant, monitoring, procedure, risk, toxic, training. Author: Peter Marsh.

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Milwaukee - 05 April 1993

Incident: Public Water Supply Contamination. Location: USA. Keywords: coagulant; cryptosporidium; design; disease; filter; Howard; Milwaukee; monitor; quality; test; training; turbidity; WTP. Author: Peter Marsh.

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Bethune Point - 11 January 2006

Incident: Methanol tank explosion during maintenance. Location: USA. Keywords: arrester; Bethune; design; detector; explosion; fire; inherent; MeOH; methanol; monitor; permit; PVC; spark; WWTP. Author: Peter Marsh.

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