ALN logo; link to Arid Lands Newsletter Home page ALN No. 57, May/June 2005
Water efficiency II: Rural areas and agriculture

Addison, Figures 3a and 3b: Irrigation piping at Wadi Musa

At right, Eng. Ismail at-Twaissi, manager of the demonstration farm, oversees the laying of the primary irrigation laterals underground. Below, coiled piles of internationally coded purple reclaimed water pipes await use as the surface laterals that run across each field.  Both photos taken in winter 2003-2004.

Coils of reclaimed water piping to be used as surface laterals that run across each field at the demonstration farm.

Primary irrigation pipes being buried underground at the Wadi Musa demonstration farm.

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