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Will Africa Benefit from Vast Groundwater Reserves?

A recent study has revealed sizable groundwater resources underneath the continent, but experts say this may be difficult to access.

Africa: Africa May Struggle to Extract Groundwater, Experts Say

SciDev.Net, 15 May 2012

Vast groundwater resources have been revealed in Africa by the first continent-wide quantitative maps. But the resources may not be easily accessible because of political and… Read more »

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Africa Sitting on Sea of Groundwater Reserves

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AlJazeera English

Publisher:

AlJazeera English

Publication Date:

20 April 2012

For millions of people across Africa, getting clean drinking water can be a daily struggle. But now researchers say they have found a ... see more »

Africa: Water and Reconstruction - an Agenda for Transformation

Fahamu, 26 April 2012

The unification of the water resources of Africa is one of the primary bases for African unity, with a system of canals linking rivers and lakes in the kind of infrastructure… Read more »
Africa: Africa Sitting On Sea of Groundwater Reserves

Daily Trust, 3 May 2012

A recent research by scientists from the British Geological Survey and University College London have for the first time mapped the groundwater across the continent and concluded… Read more »
Africa: Continent Sits on Vast Reservoir of Groundwater

AIM, 20 April 2012

Researchers have found that Africa has huge reserves of water underground, which they estimate are more than a hundred times the annual renewable freshwater resources. Read more »

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Quantitative Maps of Groundwater Resources in Africa

Publisher:

Environmental Research Letters

Publication Date:

20 April 2012

Researchers from the British Geological Survey and University College London have developed robust quantitative groundwater maps for Africa to ... see more »

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