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Strategic Planning STEP Guide - 2021 Update

This guide presents basic concepts on strategic planning for small water systems and explains how this process can help improve your technical, managerial, and financial capabilities.

Strategic Planning STEP Guide 2021 (pdf) (2.39 MB, 3/8/2021, EPA 816-B-21-001)

Strategic Planning STEP Guide - 2021 Update

Building the Capacity of Drinking Water Systems