Kazakhstan to Complete Digitalization of Water Resources by Year-End

The Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation of the Republic of Kazakhstan aims to complete the development of a water resources information system by the end of 2025.

According to the ministry, 17,736 rivers and 2,949 small lakes, the boundaries of the Caspian and Aral seas, 8 water management basins and 77 water-resources regions, 377 main canals, 56 ponds, 297 reservoirs and 548 dams on the territory of Kazakhstan will be digitized and introduced to the system, The Caspian Post reports citing Kazinform.

Additionally, the Water Information and Analytical Center, a subordinate organization of the Kazakh Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation, has been involved in the project. The center is engaged in collection and processing of data in the field of water management, short-term and long-term forecasting, modeling and other tasks.

“Implementation of the system will allow to create a unified digital platform for accounting and management of water resources, increase transparency and efficiency of their use, as well as make better analysis and forecasts to prevent emergency situations. The development of modules for water accounting and operational monitoring of the current state of water resources is currently being finalized. Afterwards, the system will be tested and users will be trained in a pilot mode,” said Vice Minister of the Water Resources and Irrigation of the Republic of Kazakhstan Aslan Abdraimov.

As reported earlier, Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Nurzhan Nurzhigitov has summed up the results of implementation of the first stage of the Aral Sea preservation project.