Does Water Quality Improve When a Safe Drinking Water Act Violation Is Issued? A Study of the Effectiveness of the SDWA in California

B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-23

  Grooms, Katherine K ^a  

^a SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Safe Drinking Water Act; violation response; water quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84954436761     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19351682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/bejeap-2014-0205     Document Type: Article

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