Aflaj (plural of falaj) are tunnels or trenches built to deliver groundwater from its source to the
point of consumption. Support vector machine (SVM) and extreme gradient boosting (XGB) …

Several factors such as demographic population structure, economic growth rate and
change of life style have significant influence on water demand. This paper outlines the …

Underground aqueducts have been used since ancient times in many arid parts of the world
for irrigation and domestic needs. Known locally in Oman as aflāj (sing. falaj), these hand …

This paper investigates the implications of smallholder farming, that is, characteristic of a
community based water management system in Oman known as a falaj (pl aflaj). The aflaj …

The Aflaj is a ground water recourse that originates from mountains of Oman and caters the
needs of drinking water and of agriculture by gravity flow. Five Aflaj systems in Oman were …

1.1 Arid land Agriculture........................................................................................... 1 1.2 The
Sultanate of Oman........................................................................................ 1 1.3 Falaj water …