ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book discusses non-recharging aquifer, an aquifer with insignificant or no source of contemporary recharge. Groundwater typically flows through an aquifer at rates considerably slower than water flowing through a river. Moreover, many aquifers have extraordinary capacities to naturally strain out contaminants as the water filters through the formation. Three fossil transboundary aquifers have become subject to an international agreement: the Nubian Sandstone Aquifer below Chad, Egypt, Libya, and Sudan; the North Western Sahara Aquifer System which underlies Algeria, Libya, and Tunisia; and the Al-Sag/Al-Disi Aquifer below Jordan and Saudi Arabia. The book describes the "functioning" of an aquifer referring to how a particular geological formation works or behaves as an aquifer. It explores how the Draft Articles and the UNECE Model Provisions afford some measure of protection for the recharge and discharge zones of aquifers.
