Collect and store rainfalls and using natural capacity to assist indigenous knowledge (Case study hormozgan province, Iran)

In the Hormozgan province، limitation of fresh water resources has led the people of ancient times to think collected and stored rainfalls. Local people and invaders to the store fresh water، build ponds and wells in the area. In many villages، districts، centers and smaller cities in Hormozgan porovince، the pool is still the only source of drinking water. Rainwater is collected and stored in ponds for drinking is very important. Ponds in the south of Iran have certain characteristics and effects. Recently، the towns and villages develop and have piped water systems، but a major expansion of ponds around the villages and roads are visible and the pond water is used for drinking. According to statistics provided by the Health Center of Hormozgan province، there are existing 2842 water reservoirs or ponds in the province. The volume of water extracted from these ponds is more than 15 million cubic meters. Today، people have tried to prevent water pollution and its quick steering ponds، rainwater harvesting levels as high as nearby pond that is steeped expand. These surfaces are called Mamar in local term and they are made of stone and cement. A prominent example of such structures can be seen in the Anjireh village، Bandar Lengeh، Hormozgan province. People of Lavar Sheikh Village''s addition to building ponds، have been built concrete short dams in narrow valleys upstream and in this way to collect and store runoff. Water collected in the form of gravity led to the village and are used for drinking consumption. Peoples of Bavrdan village have done very interesting initiative to collect and store flood waters using indigenous knowledge and modern science. They have led floods with good quality to a recharge pool that has a very simple form and a small groundwater aquifer have created. A number of wells have been drilled in the recharge pool and the stored water is extracted through wells and used for drinking. All of them are shown that People looking to use local knowledge and combining it with the knowledge of today and the reason is the need for fresh water and drinking.