Khadin water systems come with a dug well located downstream. It collects the wakar water, which was recharged thanks to the slow infiltration the basins enabled.
Dug wells usually reach the groundwater and are different from tankaas, which collect the rainwater runoff in a shallow well.
- Project: The Indian Khadin Water System
- Climate: Arid landscape
- Year: Still active
- Water type: Fresh palar and wakar water
- Soil condition: Sandy soil with a loam topsoil
- Material: Earthen or concrete
- Form: Deep linear dugwell
- Use or Function: Drinking water access