Chapter
7:
Case
studies
in
Sana’a
basin
7.3.3
B:
Conflict
description
and
stakeholder
analysis
At
the
beginning
of
2014,
farmers
from
Jalal
village
started
to
dig
four
shallow
wells
at
the
upper
location
of
“Ghail
Mahiab”
in
order
to
draw
water
for
drinking
and
irrigation.
The
higher
well
had
a
depth
of
12m,
the
second
7-‐8m
depth,
the
third
was
3m
deep
and
the
drilling
of
the
fourth
well
which
was
the
lowest
and
closer
to
the
Gail
spring
-‐
was
halted
by
the
users
of
the
Gail
and
closed.
The
upstream
users
were
entitled
to
use
the
water
of
the
ghail
for
domestic
purposes
and
to
provide
water
for
their
animals.
According
to
the
downstream
villagers,
these
acts
caused
some
spring
sources
of
Gail
Mahiab
(which
consists
of
more
than
on
natural
spring)
to
stop
pro GV6