Cleaning up the Home After a Flood – Developing Country Situations

This leaflet has been put together to provide advice and background information on cleaning up the home after floods. It also gives advice on post-flood decontamination of drinking water sources and treatment of water for domestic use during the flood.

This advice sheet focuses on key issues for middle and lower income communities in developing country situations. For more detailed information consult our other advice sheet entitled “Coping with floods, cleaning up afterwards – and staying healthy”.