Peter Waters (1930–2003), former Conservation Officer at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC, USA, worked in the areas of disaster recovery and preparedness, and the salvage of water-damaged paper goods. His published works, specifically "Procedures for Salvage of Water Damaged Library Materials", are considered the standard for this area of conservation.
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