» Inauguration of the water museum coincided with the international symposium on Qanat in Yazd [May2000] brought about a situation in which qanat digging equipment could exhibit our cultural legacy partially to remind every individual of the diligence and sustainability of the people once lived here.
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» Every newcomer to the central plateau of Iran, Morocco or the Sahara desert's oases (north Africa) encounters rows of wells spreading throughout arid zones up to the outskirts and slopes like stitches on a piece of cloth. They are Qanat shafts connecting the segments of subterranean canals in order to convey the ground water to the appearance.
» One
of the objectives the international symposium on Qanat in Yazd
[May 2000] followed was the establishment of an international
center on Qanats and Historic Hydraulic structures.
Qanat College in Yazd
» A declaration including 13 articles was released following the international symposium on qanat [May 2000]. It emphasized on the operation management of the active qanats in Iran and reached a decision about the establishment of a qanat studies center.
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