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Direct Management or Inter-Municipal Cooperation in Smaller Municipalities? Exploring Cost Efficiency and Installed Capacity in Drinking Water Supply. (2020). Gimenez-Garcia, Victor ; Zafra-Gomez, Jose Luis ; Higuera-Molina, Emilio Jose ; Campos-Alba, Cristina Maria.
In: Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA).
RePEc:spr:waterr:v:34:y:2020:i:13:d:10.1007_s11269-020-02676-4.

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