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The Risk to Groundwater from Wastewater Irrigation Using High Chromium Tannery Effluent*

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    M.E. Stuart & C.J. Milne

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Stuart, M., Milne, C. The Risk to Groundwater from Wastewater Irrigation Using High Chromium Tannery Effluent*. Environmental Geochemistry and Health 23, 247–251 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1012273710180

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