At the end of the March this year we have
already reported that our Russian specialists
at the instance of Mauritanian Government made
investigations for search underground water resources
at the territory of this country. The search was crowned
with success, and Mauritanian geologists seized the opportunity
of work of the scientists from the Center with thanks.
In July during drilling in the place pointed by Russian group,
at the depth of about 30 meters a water stream was found.
This result completely satisfied the customer, and this fact was
mentioned in our last press-release. However Russian scientists
offered to their Mauritanian colleagues to continue drilling jobs,
because according to their forecasts there is a much more powerful
water stream under the cover of solid eruptive rock, at depth of
about 250 meters. Russian group persuade the management of the project
to do not stoop the job and continue drilling down to the 4000 meters.
And it was made in spite of many difficulties (3 diamond boring head
were broken during drilling of the solid rocks).
Bottom line of the drilling make Mauritanians spellbound.
Under the layer of solid eruptive rock there was an underwater
stream of a great power. Flush production rate was equal to
32 thousands liters per hour. In other words, 600 liters per
minute were received from under the ground. The value of these
resources was enough to provide all necessaries in water of the
Atar city, that is situated near the borehole (by the way, this
city is the homeland of the President of Mauritania). More than
that, these resources have a grate strategic importance for whole
the republic of Mauritania. One of the participant of this project
said: "This fountain in Sahara - is a really wonder".
Whereabouts of water under the solid eruptive rock could probably
be explained by the fact that in prehistoric time the disgorging
lava crushed down on the river channel and due to it its
stream fell down under the ground.
The
official acknowledgement
of the discovering of the sensational for Sahara values of the fresh water was given
to the GeoCenter by the Management of the engineering of the
General staff of the National Ministry of Defense of Islam
republic of Mauritania.
With regards,
Valery Toutykhin
Member of the Board of Directors
academician V.Gokh
scientific adviser
