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Introduction to Drinking Water Management

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This chapter considers water resources in a global context, including the impacts of climate change on water. It then summarizes what this book is about.

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  1. Department of Economics, Climate Change Lab Brock University, St Catharines, ON, Canada

    Mohammed H. Dore

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Dore, M.H. (2015). Introduction to Drinking Water Management. In: Global Drinking Water Management and Conservation. Springer Water. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11032-5_1

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