The Impact of Boa Village Aqueduct on People’s Lives and Public Health

An aqueduct is a unique watercourse structure and one of the most common ways of extracting groundwater which is used in Iran and other dry parts of the world. The present article investigates the aqueduct of Boyasfli village and its role in the life of the people of this village. The aqueduct reflects the efforts, intelligence and ingenuity of the hardworking people of this village in the past to provide water for agriculture and other uses in this arid region of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province. Employing a descriptive-analytical method and the interview method, the article seeks to find the role of the aqueduct of Boa village in the lives of the people of this village. The findings indicate that although the water of this aqueduct was not suitable for drinking, it affected the life quality and health of the people of this village. The destruction of this aqueduct caused the people of this village to migrate to neighboring cities.