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Wei, M., Forsyth, D. & Allen, D.M. Comment on “Applying a science-forward approach to groundwater regulatory design”: Paper published in Hydrogeology Journal (2023) 31:853–871, by Deborah Curran, Tom Gleeson and Xander Huggins. Hydrogeol J 32, 925–930 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10040-024-02779-x
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