Kazakhstan’s water program: paper rivers, phantom dams?
For 2025, the Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation of the Republic of Kazakhstan Nurzhan Nurzhigitov announced ambitious plans to build four new reservoirs in...
Dams in national parks: development of protected lands may begin in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan's nature reserves and national parks have lost the status of inviolable territories. A number of amendments to the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan...
Kazakhstan approved the rules for the inspection of hydraulic structures
The Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, by order dated June 27, 2025, approved the Rules for conducting a multifactorial...
Battle for Issyk: environmentalists of Kazakhstan against the creation of a hydroelectric power station in the national park
In Kazakhstan, the ecological society "Green Salvation" opposes the construction of a new hydroelectric power station in the Ile-Alatau National Park. What happened The Almaty...
Most dams in the east of Kazakhstan require urgent repair
More than 80% of hydraulic structures on the balance sheet of the municipal enterprise "Shygys su Koymalary" in the East Kazakhstan region require urgent repair...
Modernization of the Kokaral dam continues in the Aral Sea region
In the Aral Sea region, large—scale work continues on the rescue and modernization of the Kokaral dam, a key hydraulic structure on which the future...
Kazakhstan and France have launched a mission to save Lake Balkhash
A large-scale joint expedition of Kazakh and French specialists aimed at saving the unique ecosystem of Lake Balkhash has been launched in the Balkhash district...
Risks of HPP for Eshkiolmes petroglyphs: what is kept silent in the akimat of Zhetisu
The authorities of the Kazakhstan region of Zhetisu, following the results of the visiting meeting, stated that there were no threats to the unique Eshkiolmes...
China is ready to build HPPs and PSPPs in Kazakhstan
Chinese companies are interested in participating in projects for the construction of pumped-storage power plants (HPPs) in Kazakhstan, Director of the Renewable Energy Department of...
When will the fish king return to the Irtysh?
The most spectacular panorama of the sturgeon farm is from a height. In Ust-Kamenogorsk, when the plane comes in for landing, a ribbon of the...