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How Nuclear Techniques Can Help Protect Precious Water

Video: Martin Klingenböck, Laura Gil

The IAEA supports scientists using nuclear techniques to determine the quantity and quality of water supplies in their country. They use naturally occurring isotopes as tracers to find out where groundwater comes from, if it's recent or old, if it is being recharged or polluted and how it travels. 

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