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Irrigation, Water Quality and Water Rights in the Murray Darling Basin, Australia

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Beare, S., Heaney, A. (2006). Irrigation, Water Quality and Water Rights in the Murray Darling Basin, Australia. In: Goetz, RU., Berga, D. (eds) Frontiers in Water Resource Economics. Natural Resource Management and Policy, vol 29. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-30056-2_9

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