Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation is reconstructing 746 canals with a combined length of more than 4,600 km. Work on 964 km is scheduled to be completed this year, improving water supply to around 200,000 hectares of irrigated land.
Modernising irrigation networks is intended to reduce water losses during transport. Some projects also include automation components to improve the accuracy of water accounting.
Work is also under way to reconstruct 12 hydraulic structures and build five reservoirs with a combined capacity of 887 million cubic metres. In addition, 12 drinking-water facilities are being developed to provide safe drinking water to 142 settlements.
