1. This latter case is sometimes called " fossil water ", and is realistically non-renewable. 2. Fossil water can potentially dissolve and absorb a number of ions from its host rock.3. The term fossil water is sometimes used to describe aquifers whose water is not being recharged. 4. Fossil water aquifers can also be artesian if they are under sufficient pressure from the surrounding rocks.5. Particularly old groundwater is called fossil water . 6. The "'Nubian Sandstone Aquifer System "'( NSAS ) is the world s largest known fossil water aquifer system. 7. Aquifer drawdown or overdrafting and the pumping of fossil water may be a contributing factor to sea-level rise. 8. Libya and Egypt are currently planning development projects to withdraw significant amounts of the aquifer s fossil water for use. 9. As fossil water is a non-renewable resource, over the six centuries of the Garamantian kingdom, the ground water level fell. 10. For example : aquifer drawdown or overdrafting and the pumping of fossil water may be a contributing factor to sea-level rise.
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