The Tobol River is getting shallower: the region’s agriculture is under threat
Agrarians in Kostanay region of Kazakhstan faced serious difficulties in watering their fields due to a sharp drop in the water level in the Tobol...
Kazakhstan is ready to purchase electricity from the Rogun HPP
The Ministers of Energy of Kazakhstan and Tajikistan, Yerlan Akkenzhenov and Daler Juma Shofakir, held talks in Astana. The meeting took place on the sidelines...
The EBRD is ready to finance the construction of the Kambar-Ata HPP-1
The Ministry of Energy of Kazakhstan and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) discussed the prospects for joint work in the energy sector....
A controversial financing scheme for the first HPP is being discussed in Kazakhstan
In Kazakhstan, a discussion is unfolding around the initiative to amend the law "On Electric Power Industry" aimed at stimulating the construction of pumped-storage power...
The projects of the HPP on the Koksu River threaten the graves of the batyrs
The scandal surrounding the construction of a cascade of hydroelectric power stations on the Koksu River began a few months ago and then subsides, then...
Centralized control over hydraulic structures is introduced in Kazakhstan
The process of large-scale reorganization of the management system of hydraulic structures has begun in Kazakhstan. At the initiative of the Ministry of Water Resources...
New “water in exchange for light” scheme for three Central Asian countries
Representatives of the energy and water management departments of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan held a trilateral meeting in Cholpon-Ata, following which a number of protocols...
The Kengir reservoir will be cleaned with the help of bacteria and fish
Kazakhstan is preparing a pilot project to improve the water quality of the Kengir reservoir using biological and biotechnological methods. Specialists from the Ministry of...
A new reservoir will be created on the Kargyba River in Kazakhstan
A new reservoir will be built on the Kargyba River in the Aksuat district of the Abai region of Kazakhstan. Work is scheduled to begin...
The UN Development Program will help build new reservoirs in Kazakhstan
Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation of Kazakhstan Nurzhan Nurzhigitov held a meeting with the Permanent Representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in...