Water supply in the mountains

The archaeological excavations carried out in Petra, prove that Nabatiyeh were familiar with the basics of hydraulics and hydraulic engineering. Beating around the springs provide water to only a small number of inhabitants. Intensive development of the city and the accompanying increase in population forced the Nabataeans built a system of aqueducts and reservoirs. Even today on the slopes of the Siq can be seen carved into the rocks, water - the gutter, in which water flowed from the dam, which accumulate rainwater. A sewer pipe and the remains of terracotta water pipes visible along the walls from outside the valley.