Water volume in northern part of the Aral increasing

The volume of water in the northern part of the Aral Sea has increased, Tengrinews reported with reference to the Ministry of Water Management and Irrigation of Kazakhstan.

According to the Ministry, since the beginning of the year, 1.1 billion cubic meters of water have been poured into the northern part of the Aral Sea. Thus, today the volume of water in the north of the Aral Sea is 21.4 billion cubic meters.

“At the 86th meeting of the Interstate Water Management Coordinating Commission, which includes Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, the parties agreed that 997 million cubic meters of water will be poured into the northern part of the Aral Sea during the irrigation season, and the flow will be at least 30 cubic meters per second,” the ministry said in a statement.

Earlier, the construction of the Kokorol dam, which separates the north from the south of the Aral Sea, was completed. The dam made it possible to raise the water level in the north of the Aral Sea.

“From the commissioning of the dam until today, 46.6 billion cubic meters of water have been poured into the northern part of the Aral Sea from the Syr Darya, 13.3 billion cubic meters of water in the last 7 years. In the northern part of the island, the volume of water has been decreasing for several years. However, starting from 2024, it started to increase again and today it has reached 21.4 billion cubic meters,” Moldir Abdualiyeva, the official representative of the Ministry of Water Management, said.

It is noted that 75% the flow of the Syr Darya flows in Kyrgyzstan, 20% in Uzbekistan, and 5% in Kazakhstan.