The first tunnels in the Mediterranean were built to transport water from distant springs and mountains to arid areas and cities. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/882/roman-tunnels/ #History #Aqueduct #Mining #Qanat

@the_transit_guy Yes, but #Qanat is a great #Scrabble word, and one I first learned from reading #Dune.

"4. ANIMAL ENGINEERS: beavers, prarie dogs, cattle, earthworms, mussels, dung beetles, wild donkeys

5. MANMADE STRUCTURES:
i)UNDOING STRUCTURES : undoing #dams, concrete riverbanks, hydropower stations; #depaving certain parking lots and roads, de-piping aqueducts that transport #water to cities, digging out tile drainage in farms.
ii) STRUCTURES : #greywater, fog nets, rain barrels, #qanat."