Protecting Scarce Water Supplies with Nuclear Science

29 May 2017

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Video: Svetlomir Slavchev

An IAEA project shows that significant reserves of good quality water are available in Africa's drought-prone Sahel region. Pollution is still limited and has not yet become a serious threat to these vital resources. The findings, compiled in five reports published today, are the result of a four-year Agency effort to help 13 countries use isotopic techniques to assess groundwater origin and quality in five shared aquifers and basins, providing the first broad overview of the region's groundwater supplies. Niger is one of these countries.

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Peaceful Uses Initiative (PUI) Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications Organizational Structure Department of Technical Cooperation Nuclear science Technical cooperation programme Key programmes Stable isotopes Radioisotopes Isotopes Nuclear technology and applications Division of Physical and Chemical Sciences Isotope Hydrology Section Environment Pollution Water Water use Water quality Water availability Groundwater Water resource management Environment Africa

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