Which natural underground freshwater aquifer field located in northern Kuwait has supplied high-purity bottled drinking mineral water since the 1960s?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. Al-Rawdatain (Al-Rowdatain)
- Step 1: Al-Rawdatain (along with nearby Umm Al-Aish) is a unique subterranean freshwater lens discovered in 1960 in northern Kuwait.
- Step 2: Because rain runoff collects in deep gravel depressions, it formed sweet, mineral-rich groundwater pockets within an otherwise hyper-saline desert aquifer.
- Step 3: The state-backed Rawdatain Water Bottling Company extracts and bottles natural mineral water for domestic consumption.
Answer
Al-Rawdatain (Al-Rowdatain).
Why not the others: 'Al-Burgan' is Kuwait's supergiant oil field; 'Al-Khiran' is a southern marine lagoon and sea city; 'Al-Maqwa' is a major petroleum field adjacent to Greater Burgan.
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