Ancient Water is Used to Irrigate a Desert—Murzuq Basin, Libya - UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS) October 2010
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Libya relies on groundwater to meet 95 per cent of its water requirements; it is primarily "fossil water" from non-recharging aquifers such as the Nubian Sandstone Aquifer System, the North-Western Sahara Aquifer System and the Murzuq Basin Aquifer System.