A comparative assessment of institutional frameworks for managing drinking water quality

Journal of Water Sanitation and Hygiene for Development

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 242-258

  Rahman, Zarah ^a   Crocker, Jonny ^b   Chang, Kang ^b   Khush, Ranjiv ^a   Bartram, Jamie ^b  

^a Aquaya Institute   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Institutional arrangements; Operational monitoring; Surveillance; Water quality; Water quality testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881488719     PISSN: 20439083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/washdev.2011.002     Document Type: Article

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