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 Package: washdata
 Title: Urban Water and Sanitation Survey Dataset
-Version: 0.1.5
+Version: 0.1.5.9000
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Ernest", "Guevarra", email = "ernestgmd@gmail.com", role =  c("aut", "cre")),
     person("Valid International", "", email = "office@validinternational.org", role = "cph"),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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+# washdata (development version)
+
 # washdata 0.1.5
 * general maintenance and upkeep changes and updates