Young men play in the water, that the thousand year old aflaj system has gathered, drained on the mountains, and then channelled into the storage pool of this date palm grove, where it will be used for irrigation. Oman is a nation of 3 million inhabitants that has obtained food self-sufficiency, an extraordinary goal for a country that is mostly desert. Indeed, Oman’s merit is also the ability to wisely manage its water resources, restoring and preserving its traditional water system and water plants.