Master plan for Balkhash: international experts get to work
The ecological situation around Lake Balkhash, a unique waterway of Kazakhstan, is becoming increasingly alarming. Over the years, the accumulated problems associated with intensive water...
Kazakhstan will receive 600 million cubic meters of water from Kyrgyzstan via the Shu and Talas rivers
Kyrgyzstan will ensure the supply of more than 600 million cubic meters of water to Kazakhstan during the irrigation season of 2025. Since the beginning...
The level of Balkhash has grown thanks to releases from Kapshagai
The water level in Lake Balkhash has shown positive dynamics over the past year, rising by 12 centimeters. The mark reached 341.64 meters according to...
New reservoirs for 180 million cubic meters will appear in Kazakhstan
By the end of this year, the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation of the Republic of Kazakhstan plans to commission new and reconstructed reservoirs,...
It is planned to build a HPP on Lake Issyk in the Ile-Alatau National Park
The dam on Lake Issyk needed to be modernized for a long time. After an unsuccessful choice of contractor, the dam and lake were returned...
As a former prime minister, USAID and billionaires are associated with the Koksu HPP
April is in the yard, snow and glaciers are melting in the mountains, and mountain rivers are getting fuller. Including the Koksu River, on which...
Ust-Kamenogorsk HPP: when water needs a special permit
The view from the height of the Ust-Kamenogorsk hydroelectric power station can decorate the covers of the coolest glossy magazines. In the gorge, squeezed by...
New hydropower plants for East Kazakhstan: a challenge for ecosystems
Large-scale construction of hydroelectric power stations is planned in the East Kazakhstan region, which causes concern among environmentalists. Over the next five years, six new...
Kazakhstan tightens control over the use of water resources
President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has approved a new Water Code of the country, which is designed to reform water resources management and increase their...
The future cascade of HPPs on the Uba River has acquired strategic importance
The cascade of hydroelectric power plants (HPPs) on the Uba River in the East Kazakhstan region is included in the list of strategically important water...