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Water Hardness in the Eye of the Beholder: Exploring Links between Central Softening, Customer Perception and Behavior, and Citizen Science Cover

Water Hardness in the Eye of the Beholder: Exploring Links between Central Softening, Customer Perception and Behavior, and Citizen Science

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|Jan 2022

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/cstp.452 | Journal eISSN: 2057-4991
Language: English
Submitted on: Jul 1, 2021
Accepted on: Jan 8, 2022
Published on: Jan 24, 2022
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

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