Hello and welcome to Tunnelling Journal's new podcast series - Our Underground Future. The team behind Tunnelling Journal has decades of experience in the underground sector.

In this series internationally acclaimed underground expert Professor Arnold Dix, Lawyer, Scientist and Engineer examines the role, opportunities, and risks of underground development in meeting humanity's most urgent needs.

In this episode, Professor Dix examines the link between our most Vibrant and prosperous Countries, and underground services like Clean Water, and Sanitation - warning of the Pandemic risks to us all if these basic human needs are not met.