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Curran, D., Gleeson, T. & Huggins, X. Reply to 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, 931–933 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10040-024-02780-4
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