ABSTRACT
The Nubian Sandstone aquifers in Egypt are mostly located in the Western Desert of Egypt (Figure 10.1), an area of 750,000 km2, representing 75% of the whole area of Egypt. Groundwater of good chemical quality occurs in this aquifer system in the Western Desert. The Nubian aquifers also occupy a vast area in the northern region of Africa. This system extends from northeastern Sudan and Chad, through eastern Libya and Egypt west of the Nile River, nearly to the Mediterranean Sea. It covers an area of 2 million square kilometers, of which about one-third lies in the Egyptian territories.
