UN spotlights ‘invisible’ value of groundwater during World Water Week

Published on August 25, 2022

Groundwater, which sustains drinking water supplies, sanitation systems, farms, industries and ecosystems, is being overused, polluted and neglected, speakers warned at a World Water Week event on Thursday.

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