Sydney's water sewerage and drainage system

Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales

Volumn 144, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 3-25

  Hector, Donald ^a  

^a Grassick SSG Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Institutional arrangements; Metropolitan water systems; Policy development; Sewerage and drainage; Water supply

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857268006     PISSN: 00359173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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