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Policy Reviews/Analyses

Path Dependence, Evolution of a Mandate and the Road to Statewide Sustainable Groundwater Management

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Pages 1542-1554 | Received 30 Jun 2019, Accepted 13 May 2020, Published online: 05 Jun 2020

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