Tapping into Consumers' Perceptions of Drinking Water Quality in Canada: Capturing Customer Demand to Assist in Better Management of Water Resources

Canadian Water Resources Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 11-20

  Dupont, Diane P ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PUBLIC POLICY; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; WATER FILTRATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCES; WATER TREATMENT;

INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IWRM); QUALITY DIMENSIONS; SEWERAGE SERVICES; WATER UTILITIES;

POTABLE WATER;

EID: 18944394142     PISSN: 07011784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4296/cwrj300111     Document Type: Article

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