Irtysh under the gun: reversal of Siberian rivers or new channels in Kazakhstan
The Irtysh is in the spotlight again – this time because of the agreement between Kazakhstan and Russia. The authorities of the Abai and Omsk...
Dam break in Khromtau: Akimat employee convicted of negligence
In the Aktobe region of the Republic of Kazakhstan, an end has been put to the case of the destruction of the Magadzhanskaya dam located...
The level of Lake Balkhash has increased by 32 cm due to water supplies from China
The ecological state of Lake Balkhash demonstrates positive dynamics due to an increase in the inflow of water through transboundary rivers from China. In the...
Water for fields: Kazakhstan modernizes irrigation network
A large-scale campaign has been launched in Kazakhstan to modernize the country's irrigation network, aimed at combating the shortage of water resources and providing farmers...
Positive dynamics: Lake Balkhash continues to fill with water
In the first half of 2025, there was a significant rise in the level of Lake Balkhash, which increased by an average of 32 centimeters,...
A large-scale inspection of dam safety has begun in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan has launched a large-scale program to assess the condition of hydraulic structures aimed at improving their safety and preventing potential emergencies. The key role...
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...