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2010 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel

8. The Qanat: A Living History in Iran

verfasst von : Hassan Ahmadi, Aliakbar Nazari Samani, Arash Malekian

Erschienen in: Water and Sustainability in Arid Regions

Verlag: Springer Netherlands

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Abstract

About 2,500 years ago, Persians invented a number of methods for harnessing groundwater, including a water management system called a qanat. Still used today, qanats are built as a series of underground tunnels and wells that bring groundwater to the surface. They supply about 7.6 billion m3, or 15% of the country’s total water needs, and play a major role in advanced water harvesting. However, many of these systems have been abandoned and replaced by other methods over the past few decades, mainly due to socioeconomic conditions and changing technology. In addition, drilling more deep and shallow wells has hurt groundwater quality—especially in the littoral district of Iran’s central plain—which has implications for the environment, people, and economy of Iran. It is necessary therefore to recommend and implement relevant solutions to increase the efficiency of qanats to achieve sustainable development in water resources management.

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Metadaten
Titel
The Qanat: A Living History in Iran
verfasst von
Hassan Ahmadi
Aliakbar Nazari Samani
Arash Malekian
Copyright-Jahr
2010
Verlag
Springer Netherlands
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2776-4_8