Q’anat system in Iran (second part)

How Q’anat works [updated 2025] The rate of flow water in a q’anat is controlled by water table level ,so it cant make notable decrease in aquifer because its flow would fluctuate immediately by underground water table .q’anat would be a sustainable system that provide water unlimitedly ,though the fundamental disadvantage of qanat would be […]

Qanat system in Iran …(first part)

Introduction of Qanat [updated 2025] In early part of the first millennium BC ,Persians(Iranian ) started constructing elaborate tunnel systems called Qanat for extracting ground water in the dry mountain basins of present-day Iran