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Related: About this forum'Huge' water resource exists under Africa
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17775211Scientists say the notoriously dry continent of Africa is sitting on a vast reservoir of groundwater.
They argue that the total volume of water in aquifers underground is 100 times the amount found on the surface.
The team have produced the most detailed map yet of the scale and potential of this hidden resource.
Writing in the journal Environmental Research Letters, they stress that large scale drilling might not be the best way of increasing water supplies.
Across Africa more than 300 million people are said not to have access to safe drinking water.
Demand for water is set to grow markedly in coming decades due to population growth and the need for irrigation to grow crops.
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'Huge' water resource exists under Africa (Original Post)
xchrom
Apr 2012
OP
I hadn't heard about him buying for the aquifer, but I had heard that it was an area supposedly
GreenPartyVoter
Apr 2012
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shawn703
(2,702 posts)1. One guess which continent's people will be exploited yet again. N/t
raouldukelives
(5,178 posts)2. Me thinks they will require the assistance of corporations
and perhaps the military might of the United States to access & safeguard this vital resource in the near future. If the locals behave we may even share some.
GliderGuider
(21,088 posts)4. "Confessions of an Economic Hitman Part II, My Years in Mombasa" nt
MrYikes
(720 posts)3. I am happy they found it, but.....
The privately owned water companies now handle twice the water as the public facilities, and they want more.
And I remind myself that w. bush bought 200,000 acres in South America because of the underground aquifer. (I hope my memory is accurate).
GreenPartyVoter
(72,377 posts)5. I hadn't heard about him buying for the aquifer, but I had heard that it was an area supposedly
predicted to be least hard hit due to climate change?