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Sustainable Development for Gender Equality

Sustainable Development Economic development Industrial conversion: Oil to Water 49,500 million m³/year available renewable water 658 million m³/year water currently used (1%) Water access catalyzes economic development and growth Can sell water to neighbors for revenue Environmental protection Oil production ceases Investment in agriculture provides irrigation Impede desertification in the north Expand infrastructure in an environmentally responsible manner Aquifer Type and Productivity Unconsolidated - Low to High Unconsolidated - Low to Moderate Sedimentary Intergranular Low to High http://earthwise.bgs.ac.uk/images Igneous Volcanic - Very Low to High Basement Low
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