This historic water management system relies on gently sloping underground tunnels to tap into mountain aquifers and direct water to arid farming communities. Surface channels then distribute the flow among different plots based on strict communal water rights. The design minimizes evaporation in extreme heat and requires no mechanical pumping.
Heard on the job
The date palms are still watered by the ancient aflaj running right through the center of the grove.
Also heard as
- falaj