Innovation in the water industry: barriers and opportunities for US and UK utilities

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 301-313

  Speight, Vanessa L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85012897729     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20491948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/WAT2.1082     Document Type: Article

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