Qanat Rehabilitation Projects Underway in Yazd Province

Qanat rehabilitation operations have gathered pace in Yazd Province and an estimated 60 underground aqueducts have been reconditioned in different counties, including Bafq, since March, the head of the provincial agricultural organization said.
“Almost 20% of water for farming in Yazd are supplied by 2,500 qanats that help irrigate 30,000 hectares of farms in Ashkezar, Abarkouh Zarch, Taft, Bafq, Ardakan and Herat,” Ali Akbar Rahmatian was also quoted as saying by IRNA.
Ten more qanats are undergoing repairs and close to $250,000 have been spent on rehabilitating qanats in the dry region over the last eight months, he added.