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Africa has bigger water reserves than we thought

Goebel/MacDonaldApril 30, 2012

Across the globe, one in six people don't have access to clean drinking water. Many of those are in Africa. But the continent actually sits on vast reservoirs of groundwater. Scientists from the UK have now, for the first time, put together a map of exactly where these reservoirs are. DW spoke to Alan MacDonald, Principal Hydrogeologist at the British Geological Survey, who also led the project.

https://p.dw.com/p/14n85

Interview: Nicole Goebel