Water Transport and Distribution

Mesqa (Egypt, ditch or irrigation canal) , Saqqia (Morocco) (canal?)
(Photo   F. Hassan, Adrar, Algeria)

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A ditch or runnel used to convery water from source to landuse area.

Qanat comb distributary system

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 System used to allocate shares of water for distribution to users (Photo. F. Hassan, Adrar)

 

 

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Aqueducts
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Aqueducts are narrow runnels used to convey water. Where water crosses a low area, structures may be constructed allowing water to flow in a narrow channel at the top of the structures.

 

Terracotta pipe aqueducts

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Terracotta pipes were used in Crete and Jordan in ancient times to transport water. They become widely used under the Romans (Petra, Photo U. Bellwald, PNT, Jordan

 

References

Oweis, T., D. Prinz, and  A. Hachum 2001. Water Harvesting: Indigenous Knowledge for the Future of the drier environment. ICARDA , Aleppo, Syria, 40 pp.
           
Oweis, T., A. Hachum, and A. Bruggerman, eds. 2004. Indigenous water-harvesting systems in west Asia and North Africa. ICARDA, Aleppo, Syria.

Prinz, D. 1996. Water Harvesting: History, Techniques, and Trends. Z. Bewasserungswirtswirtschaft 31:1, pp. 64-105.

Prinz, D. 2000. Water Harvesting in the Mediterranean. In Water Security in the Third Millennium: Mediterranean Countries.

 

  

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