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The qanat of the Greatest Western Erg
Author(s) -
Remini Boualem,
Achour Bachir
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.5942/jawwa.2013.105.0074
Subject(s) - erg , environmental science , physics , optics , retina
Building on the ancient functional principles of qanat design, the authors propose a new type of qanat that would draw groundwater from the Greatest Western Erg.