Peter Waters

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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