Project- Surface Water- Hootak

Hootaks

Hootaks are a source of drinking and utility water for villagers, livestock, and agricultural and livestock development in some areas of Sistan and Baluchestan, such as Dashtyari, Polan, and Bahukalat. In fact, Huteg is a relatively large artificial or natural pit that collects and stores rainwater, which is then used for human and animal consumption throughout the year in that area. The constructed hutegs are about 15 meters deep and can store more than 20,000 cubic meters of water. People and children visit these hutegs daily to meet their needs. In addition to their depth, these hutegs in the southern parts of Baluchestan are also home to Iranian short-nosed crocodiles, also known as "Gando", which pose a threat not only to children but also to adults. Huteg is a traditional system in the Dashtyari, Telang, and Polan districts of Chabahar County that is used to control and harness floods and is one of the common ways to provide water.
 

Huteg is a very familiar term for the people of the south-east of the country, the Baloch people of the Chabahar region. The natives of this region believe that the Huteg dates back to more than a few thousand years before Islam or before the Mongol invasion, which still provides drinking and agricultural water for the people of the region to this day.
 

Huteg or water storage pit in rural areas of  Dashtyari, Polan and central Chabahar is a low-cost and cost-effective structure for storing runoff water and can play an important role in providing drinking and agricultural water. According to natural resources experts, Huteg has more advantages for storing water than other water harvesting structures in low-slope and silty-clayey areas of Chabahar, and if about two thousand existing Hutegs are organized and another thousand Hutegs are built in different parts, it can be used for up to six months and even one year.Stone and mortar structures should be built in the upper reaches and on sloping land, but Huteg is implemented in places where there is zero slope and there is no possibility of building other structures.