Liquid water

Faced with increased scarcity of water an declining groundwater tables, the village of Wadi Dhella (Hamdan, Sana\'a) responded by putting their house in order themselves-- by setting minimum distances between wells; connecting wells through shared pipeline network and investing in groundwater recharge. The approach has brought about much improvement in the situation. The community has even been able to develop and successfully run its own piped drinking water supply.

Qat is grown over large areas in Yemen’s Sanaa Basin. The crop is highly water-intensive and has depleted groundwater levels across the area.

This pushed farmers in the Areesha valley to build a dam in 1995. Regardless, the water tables continued to dip. To improve the efficiency of water-use, the Sanaa Basin Water Management Project provided drip irrigation systems to Qat farmers. Its impact, however, was limited as well.

Faced with dwindling groundwater levels - several remarkable things happened in Beni Hushaish (Yemen). A successful cascade of checkdams in the riverbed has improved recharge. Also, the water users\' association has set restrictions on development of new wells. As a result, an imminent.

Faced with dwindling groundwater levels - several remarkable things happened in Beni Hushaish (Yemen). A successful cascade of checkdams in the riverbed has improved recharge. Also, the water users\' association has set restrictions on development of new wells. As a result, an imminent.

The video is the fourth in a series called \'Building on Practice,\' documenting case studies in local water management from Yemen. Other videos in the series (and English versions of all) will be coming soon on TheWaterChannel.