Hidden depths: why groundwater is our most important water source
- Written by Emma Kathryn White, PhD Candidate, Infrastructure Engineering, University of Melbourne
Deep dive: water flows from a bore in Birdsville, Queensland.Lobster1/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA
Vivid scenes of worried Cape Town residents clutching empty water vessels in long snaking queues are ricocheting around the globe. Everyone is asking, “How did this happen?” Or, more precisely, “Can it happen in my city?” The...
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