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Research Article

Bottled water quality assessment through entropy-weighted water quality index (EWQI) and pollution index of groundwater (PIG): a case study in a fast-growing metropolitan area in Türkiye

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Pages 61-72 | Received 07 Jan 2022, Accepted 22 Sep 2022, Published online: 10 Oct 2022

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