Another 1.6bln m³ of water to be supplied to Aral Sea by Apr 2025
Kazakhstan plans to supply additional 1.6 billion cubic meters of water to the Aral Sea by April 2025, Kazinform News Agency quotes Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Nurzhan Nurzhigitov as saying.
Approximately 1.3 billion cubic meters of water were supplied to the Aral Sea from October 2023 through April 2024. Since the year beginning this figure reached 2 billion cubic meters. The problem of the Aral Sea was also included in the agenda of the 87th session of the Interstate Commission for Water Coordination of Central Asia held in early November in Turkmenistan.
"Around two billion cubic meters of water have been directed to the North Aral Sea since January. The total volume of water in the sea has reached 22 billion cubic meters. In addition to water diplomacy and close cooperation with our colleagues from the Central Asian countries, the implementation of water-saving technologies plays an important role in refilling the Aral Sea,” Minister Nurzhan Nurzhigitov said adding that the agrarians of Kyzylorda region managed to conserve 200 million cubic meters of water this year due to the implementation of water-saving technologies.
As reported, the Kazakh Ecology and Natural Resources Ministry is working over creating a forest nursery on the drained bottom of the Aral Sea.
