A new reservoir will be built in Kyzylorda region

The Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation of the Republic of Kazakhstan plans to build a new reservoir and canals in Kyzylorda region. Reconstruction of two waterworks and four hydraulic structures will also be carried out. This was stated by the Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Nurzhan Nurzhigitov at a meeting with representatives of the water sector of the region.

The head of the department reported on the work done by the ministry in the main areas. Today, a project is being implemented in Kyzylorda region to reconstruct water intake stations with the installation of an automated water metering system on five channels with a total length of about 232 km. In addition, design and estimate documentation is being developed for the automation of 16 trunk and inter-farm channels with a length of more than 2,600 km.

Work continues on the introduction of water-saving systems. So, last year, thanks to water-saving technologies, the agrarians of the Kyzylorda region saved about 200 million cubic meters of water.

“As a result of bilateral and trilateral negotiations with neighboring countries and decisions taken in 2024, more than 15 billion cubic meters of water entered the Shardara reservoir. Of these, 4.8 billion cubic meters were collected during the irrigation period, and 10.3 billion cubic meters were collected outside the irrigation period. 2.6 billion cubic meters of water were sent to the Northern Aral Sea through the Karateren hydropost. For comparison, only 816 million cubic meters of water were sent to the Aral Sea in 2022,” Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Nurzhan Nurzhigitov said.