Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan agreed to install 10 hydraulic posts with modern automated water meters on the Syrdarya River. The parties reached this agreement at the meeting between Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation of Kazakhstan Nurzhan Nurzhigitov and Minister of Water Resources of Uzbekistan Shavkat Khamrayev, the press office of the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation of Kazakhstan reported.
Nurzhan Nurzhigitov said the parties had agreed on 10 points where automated water meters would be installed. Talks on the project with international financial institutions and private companies are underway, he emphasised.
The operating modes of the Naryn-Syrdarya cascade for the next year’s irrigation season were discussed during the meeting. The Interstate Commission for Water Coordination of Central Asia will design an operation schedule forecast for the water storage reservoirs and approve the amounts of water supply at the next meeting.
