Aquifers Hold More Than 20 Times The Water Stored in Continent's Lakes, But They Don't Solve Water Scarcity TC_Africa: Africa
to pipe water hundreds of kilometres from the Nubian sandstone to the coast by means of gravity flow.But aquifers aren't a silver bullet. There are many factors to consider when using them as a water source.The distance between the aquifer and where the water is needed can be an obstacle. In some places in Africa, this distance is covered by women carrying buckets and walking for many kilometres. The construction of pipelines and infrastructure can be costly.
A related challenge is the depth required to drill for groundwater, which can incur great costs. A type of X-ray is done of the surface to confirm whether there are groundwater resources worth exploiting, and then there's the expense of a drilling rig.Water quality in an aquifer isn't always good. Sometimes it's polluted by human activity; sometimes the water takes on characteristics of the surrounding material in the ground.
An example is outside Gqeberha, which has one of the largest drilled wells in the Southern Hemisphere. It yields about 100 litres per second. Unfortunately the iron content of the water isGet the latest in African news delivered straight to your inbox
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