Professor Fawzi Abudanah from Al Hussein Bin Talal University in Maan conducted survey at Udhruh, a site located some 15 kilometres east of Petra, Jordan. Teams of Jordanian and Dutch archaeologists explored the area and reconstructed the water harvesting in a very arid area of Udhruh. Professor Fawzi Abudanah:
“Different methods and techniques of water harvesting are employed to increase the availability of fresh water to agricultural crops in arid and semi-arid regions. It is clear from archaeological research that ancient societies were dealing with similar problems. This project sheds some insights into how people practised water procurement for agricultural purposes in the hinterland of Petra [Jordan] in antiquity.”
