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1. The Parties shall each, as appropriate, ensure that:
a) Comprehensive national and/or local surveillance and early-warning systems are established, improved or maintained which will: (i) Identify outbreaks or incidents of water-related disease or significant threats of such outbreaks or incidents, including those resulting from water-pollution incidents or extreme weather events;
(ii) Give prompt and clear notification to the relevant public authorities about such outbreaks, incidents or threats;
(iii) In the event of any imminent threat to public health from water-related disease, disseminate to members of the public who may be affected all information that is held by a public authority and that could help the public to prevent or mitigate harm;
(iv) Make recommendations to the relevant public authorities and, where appropriate, to the public about preventive and remedial actions;
(i) Identify outbreaks or incidents of water-related disease or significant threats of such outbreaks or incidents, including those resulting from water-pollution incidents or extreme weather events;
(ii) Give prompt and clear notification to the relevant public authorities about such outbreaks, incidents or threats;
(iii) In the event of any imminent threat to public health from water-related disease, disseminate to members of the public who may be affected all information that is held by a public authority and that could help the public to prevent or mitigate harm;
(iv) Make recommendations to the relevant public authorities and, where appropriate, to the public about preventive and remedial actions;
b) Comprehensive national and local contingency plans for responses to such outbreaks, incidents and risks are properly prepared in due time;
c) The relevant public authorities have the necessary capacity to respond to such outbreaks, incidents or risks in accordance with the relevant contingency plan.
2. Surveillance and early-warning systems, contingency plans and response capacities in relation to water-related disease may be combined with those in relation to other matters.
3. Within three years of becoming a Party, each Party shall have established the surveillance and early-warning systems, contingency plans and response capacities referred to in paragraph 1 of this article.