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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5480/B12.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Cost, Difficulty Prevent Africans from Getting to Underground Water' data-article-id='6075'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='12563'>A recent study suggests that ground water is an answer to water shortages in African countries south of the Sahara Desert.</span> <span data-start-time='12563' data-end-time='24063'>This finding could help millions of people in an area which is expected to be strongly affected by climate change.</span> <span data-start-time='24063' data-end-time='41250'>WaterAid, an international non-profit group, and the British Geological Survey (BGS), a British government organization, carried out the research. </span> <span data-start-time='41250' data-end-time='51104'>It found that underground water could help African countries deal with at least five years of drought.</span> <span data-start-time='51104' data-end-time='60979'>The report released in March said underground water could help develop agriculture in the area. </span> <span data-start-time='60979' data-end-time='73813'>Additional water resources could help farming in an area where only three to five percent of agricultural land is irrigated.</span> <span data-start-time='73813' data-end-time='91104'>For example, BGS information shows Senegal has an aquifer, or underground water supply, that has been kept in good condition by years of rainfall. </span> <span data-start-time='91104' data-end-time='96083'>But getting to the water is difficult and costly. </span> <span data-start-time='96083' data-end-time='105125'>Experts say it is hard to find scientists who are trained at finding underground water.</span> <span data-start-time='105125' data-end-time='110917'>Tata Bathily is a village in northern Senegal. </span> <span data-start-time='110917' data-end-time='118958'>When a well there began to dry up in 2010, the government dug another one. </span> <span data-start-time='118958' data-end-time='123313'>That well began to dry up too. </span> <span data-start-time='123313' data-end-time='130729'>Then the town raised $5,000 to dig a new well last year. </span> <span data-start-time='130729' data-end-time='133896'>But that well also failed.</span> <span data-start-time='133896' data-end-time='141854'>The most dependable aquifers can be 400 meters underground. </span> <span data-start-time='141854' data-end-time='147563'>That is 10 times deeper than the Tata Bathily wells. </span> <span data-start-time='147563' data-end-time='153792'>Building a well that deep costs about $20,000.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5480/B12.jpeg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=18527 data-hint-location='41250' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5480/which_is_a_definition_of_the_term_drought.wav'>Which is a definition of the term drought?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='a long period of time during which there is very little or no rain'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5480/a_long_period_of_time_during_which_there_is_very_little_or_no_rain.wav'><span>a long period of time during which there is very little or no rain</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5480/a_preliminary_version_of_a_piece_of_writing.wav'><span>a preliminary version of a piece of writing</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5480/a_feeling_of_uncertainty_or_lack_of_conviction.wav'><span>a feeling of uncertainty or lack of conviction</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5480/go_somewhere_wearily_reluctantly_or_with_difficulty.wav'><span>go somewhere wearily, reluctantly, or with difficulty</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=18528 data-hint-location='133896' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5480/how_deep_can_the_most_dependable_aquifers_be.wav'>How deep can the most dependable aquifers be?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='400 meters'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5480/400_meters.wav'><span>400 meters</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5480/500_meters.wav'><span>500 meters</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5480/600_meters.wav'><span>600 meters</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5480/40_meters.wav'><span>40 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