Water harvesting mud embankments restrain natural streams of stormwater runoff in its upper reaches and direct it for storage in hauz (lake) and baoli (stepwell).
Project Name: Delhi Sultanate Waterworks, Ancient network of water harvesting structures, Delhi, India
Climate: Overlap of humid subtropical and semi arid
Rainwater and natural storm water channels from Delhi ridge is stored in ground and it is directly accessible to people by a flight of stairs. The narrow staircase is divided into three parts, which runs along inner three walls of rectangular baoli.
Project Name: Delhi Sultanate Waterworks, Ancient network of water harvesting struc-tures, Delhi, India
Climate: Overlap of humid subtropical and semi arid
The waterways flow the river water into the main irrigation channel leading to Kampung Naga. It utilizes piles of alluvial rocks that can be adjusted according to the seasonal change of the river water discharge. The people in Kampung Naga maintain this system manually as part of community activities to maintain social bonds.
Project: Kampung Naga
Climate: Tropical – Mild temperate humid
Year: Current
Water Type: Fresh water
Landscape: River
Altitude: 584 m.a.s.l
Soil Condition: Alluvial Soil
Material: Fluvial rocks & River boulders
Period: Regulated based on seasons
Form: Line
Use or Function : Regulate water discharge from the river
Successively receding platforms, which were a result from cutting a piece of sloped plane to resemble steps, bordered by a small embankment to grow rice crops which need a flooded area to be grown. Bamboo pipes connect the field parcels and distribute the water.
Water tanks which harvest rainwater and stormwater during monsoon season. Main function of the hauz was to collect rainwater over a large expanse of land.
Project Name: Delhi Sultanate Waterworks, Ancient network of water harvesting structures, Delhi, India
Climate: Overlap of humid subtropical and semi-arid
