Australia’s Great Artesian Basin To Be Drained: Holds 820x Australia’s Surface Water (Associated Press)
Jan.02, 2009 in
Drought, Water Crisis, Water Industry
(Dec. 23, 2008, Associated Press)
An ancient underground water basin the size of Libya holds the key to Australia avoiding a water crisis as climate change bites the drought-hit nation.
Australia’s Great Artesian Basin is one of the largest artesian groundwater basins in the world, covering 1.7 million sq kms (656,370 sq miles) and lying beneath one-fifth [...]
