Bahrain has submitted a project that uses satellite data to locate underground water resources – offering new hope in the global fight against drought and desertification.
The project was submitted by the Bahrain Space Agency (BSA) as part of the ‘Space for Water’ initiative, in collaboration with the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs and the Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water, which aims to explore potential groundwater using space technologies.
The ground-breaking study was led by space engineer Aisha Al Jowder, in partnership with experts from Brazil and the UK, and is a model for innovative solutions based on space data to serve geographically small countries.
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