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Groundwater supplies "a very serious situation": expert
08-08-2012
Australia should heed warnings about the future of the world's groundwater supplies, and is obliged to lead the region in protecting the resource, a leading expert says.
The National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training's Professor Craig Simmons said UNESCO had recently warned the world's groundwater reserves were rapidly being depleted.
"There is undoubtedly a very serious situation emerging with respect to groundwater in certain parts of the world," Professor Simmons said.
"In many situations groundwater is a finite resource and is not renewed at anything like the rates it is being extracted."
Groundwater is crucial for agriculture, energy production and even underpinned the drinking water supply of major cities, Prof Simmons said.
The UNESCO report identified Australia's Great Artesian Basin as a groundwater source which had suffered significant decline.
Prof Simmons said Australia needed to play a leading role in researching and managing the issue.
"Thanks to significant research investment, these are matters that Australia is rapidly coming to grips with," he said.
"We now have real knowledge and expertise that can be taken advantage of."
The National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training's Professor Craig Simmons said UNESCO had recently warned the world's groundwater reserves were rapidly being depleted.
"There is undoubtedly a very serious situation emerging with respect to groundwater in certain parts of the world," Professor Simmons said.
"In many situations groundwater is a finite resource and is not renewed at anything like the rates it is being extracted."
Groundwater is crucial for agriculture, energy production and even underpinned the drinking water supply of major cities, Prof Simmons said.
The UNESCO report identified Australia's Great Artesian Basin as a groundwater source which had suffered significant decline.
Prof Simmons said Australia needed to play a leading role in researching and managing the issue.
"Thanks to significant research investment, these are matters that Australia is rapidly coming to grips with," he said.
"We now have real knowledge and expertise that can be taken advantage of."
Comments
Comment by Ray
on 09-08-2012
Is this because of CSG?
Is this because of CSG?
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