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Lotikipi Basin Aquifer

Lotikipi Basin Aquifer is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Lotikipi Basin Aquifer rather than just read about it. In short: The Lotikipi Basin Aquifer is a large aquifer in the northwest region of Kenya containing 200 billion cubic meters of saline water and covers an area of 4,164 km2. The aquifer, discovered in September 2013, is nine times the size of any other aquifer in Kenya and has the potential to supply the population with enough fresh water to last 70 years or indefinitely if properly managed.

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Reference excerpt

The Lotikipi Basin Aquifer is a large aquifer in the northwest region of Kenya containing 200 billion cubic meters of saline water and covers an area of 4,164 km2. The aquifer, discovered in September 2013, is nine times the size of any other aquifer in Kenya and has the potential to supply the population with enough fresh water to last 70 years or indefinitely if properly managed.

Discovery The aquifer was discovered by Radar Technologies, in conjunction with the Kenyan government and UNESCO, using satellite, radar, and geological maps along with seismic techniques typically used to locate oil reserves.

Development The aquifer is located 300 meters below the surface and extends near the borders of South Sudan, Ethiopia, and Uganda, an area sparsely populated and prone to conflict due to the scarcity of resources in the area. In such a remote area, tapping an aquifer this deep underground and maintaining the boreholes poses a technological challenge to the Kenyan government.

Testing In February 2015, the Kenyan government announced that the first tests of the aquifer had found the water too salty for human consumption. It would need to be desalinated using reverse osmosis to be fit. New test phases were announced in June 2016 with a proposed budget of KShs. 5 billion.

References

External links Radar Technologies International, Advanced Survey of Groundwater Resources of Northern and Central Turkana County, Kenya (PDF), 30 August 2013.

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Lotikipi Basin Aquifer

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Lotikipi Basin Aquifer claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Lotikipi Basin Aquifer before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Lotikipi Basin Aquifer ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Lotikipi Basin Aquifer

In research: Lotikipi Basin Aquifer appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Lotikipi Basin Aquifer in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Lotikipi Basin Aquifer is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Aquifers, Aquifers of Africa, Geography of Rift Valley Province, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Lotikipi Basin Aquifer outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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