She added that new standards to be introduced by the government next year should improve the situation.

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In 2006, new safe drinking water standards were introduced that increase the water quality monitoring parameters from 35 to 106 items.

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But Jubouri says he worries that progress will be fleeting unless the Iraqi government codifies the diversity and the new standards that the national police force commander has introduced.

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Previous changes to school inspections had "raised the bar" because the country had higher expectations and standards appeared to drop when a new framework was introduced.

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