Kazakhstan Plans Hydropower Expansion Amid Environmental Concerns
Kazakhstan is set to commission new hydropower plants with a total capacity of 660 megawatts by 2030, according to the country's Ministry of Energy. The...
Hydropower Plan in Kazakhstan Raises Environmental Concerns
Authorities in the East Kazakhstan Region have identified 95 potential sites for constructing small hydropower facilities. The region, which holds up to half of the...
Kazakhstan Overhauls Water Infrastructure to Address Scarcity
Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation has initiated a project to reconstruct the Bartogai reservoir as part of a comprehensive plan for the water...
Kazakhstan’s Aktobe Region to Overhaul Water Infrastructure
A comprehensive assessment and reconstruction of hydro-technical infrastructure is underway in the Aktobe region of Kazakhstan. Regional authorities have acknowledged that the construction and repair...
Concrete instead of nature: projects of new HPPs in Kazakhstan cause criticism of environmentalists
The Government of Kazakhstan has started the active phase of developing design estimates for the construction of a water pipeline and a cascade of hydroelectric...
The water level in Lake Balkhash managed to stabilize at the optimal level
The ecological state of Lake Balkhash remains in the focus of attention of the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation of Kazakhstan. As First Vice...
Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan have agreed to repair the Dostyk canal
Another round of negotiations between representatives of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan was held in Turkestan, aimed at strengthening bilateral cooperation in water use issues. Two significant...
Hydroelectric power stations and reservoirs accelerate the drying up of Kazakhstan’s rivers
River flow in Kazakhstan has decreased by almost a third, as evidenced by the latest World Bank report. Experts in the comments for the TV...
Transboundary pollution of the Ili River threatens the ecosystem of Balkhash
Environmental safety of Kazakhstan is inextricably linked with the condition of waterways, among which the transboundary Ili River occupies a special place. Being the main...
The project of the Yesilsky counterregulator has passed state expertise
In Kazakhstan, the project of construction of the Yesilsky counterregulator in Akmola region, also known as the Buzuluk reservoir, has received a positive conclusion of...