The Water White Paper promises legislation "early in the next Parliament" and a new regime "by the mid to late 2020s" - but critics warn this deadline is too far away.

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At the time it said the hospital followed a "strict regime of continual chemical dosing, thermal disinfections and comprehensive monitoring of the extensive water distribution system".

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Asadi grew up in Chubayish and he was here when, just after the fall of Saddam's regime, the marsh people took shovels and broke Saddam's embankment, letting the water of the river rush out onto the plain.

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