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Table 1 Status of Qanats in Iran

From: Qanat water supply systems: a revisit of sustainability perspectives

Years

Number of active Qanats

Annual dischargea

1950s

≈21,000

18.1

1970s

≈18,400

7.5

2008

≈22,000

7.7

  1. aBillion cubic meters (BCM).