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  1. Kazakhstan Facing Severe Water Shortages; Environment Minister Says

    7 Jun 2013- 09:45 by Local Press Report ASTANA Central Asia Online Kazakhstan is in danger of facing a 14 billion cu. metre annual water shortage by 2030, Environment Protection Minister Nurlan Kapparov June 5 warned at a Central Communications Service ...

    Local Press Report - 06/07/2013 - 09:45

  2. Kazakhstan Moves to Lift Restrictions on Water Concessions

    6 Jun 2013- 10:10 by OOSKAnews Correspondent ASTANA, Kazakhstan The lower house of Kazakhstan’s  Parliament on June 5 passed a bill in the second reading on expansion of public-private partnerships. The bill lifts restrictions on granting concessions for ...

    OOSKAnews Corre... - 06/06/2013 - 10:10

  3. Kazakh Official Details Mistakes Made in Clean Water Program

    29 May 2013- 08:04 by OOSKAnews Correspondent ASTANA, Kazakhstan Kazakh MP Aikyn Konurov last week detailed ongoing mistakes being made in the course of the country’s Ak Bulak (Clean Water) Program and proposed that the prime minister take measures to ...

    OOSKAnews Corre... - 05/29/2013 - 09:59

  4. Tajik President Outlines Main Water Problems in Central Asia

    24 May 2013- 08:01 by OOSKAnews Correspondent thailand, CHIANG MAI Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon detailed what he said were the five main water management problems facing Central Asia during this week’s Second Asia-Pacific Water Summit in Chiang Mai, ...

    OOSKAnews Corre... - 05/24/2013 - 10:06

  5. EBRD Joins With Kazakhstan to Improve Waste, Water Management

    22 May 2013- 09:19 by Local Press Report ASTANA 4-Traders The government of Kazakhstan and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development are joining forces to improve standards of solid waste management and water management in the country which has ...

    Local Press Report - 05/22/2013 - 10:06

  6. Kazakh Official Critical of Country's Water Supply System

    22 May 2013- 07:56 by OOSKAnews Correspondent ASTANA, Kazakhstan Water companies in Kazakhstan are bloated and inefficient, and do not prioritize water conservation, according to Kayrat Shayzhanov, head of the Public Services Department at Kazakhstan’s ...

    OOSKAnews Corre... - 05/22/2013 - 10:03

  7. Potential for Water Conflicts in Central Asia Is Huge: Expert

    15 May 2013- 07:10 by OOSKAnews Correspondent Germany, BERLIN There is no simple solution to water problems in Central Asia and potential for conflicts there is huge, according to Matthias Kramer, a professor at the Dresden University of Technology and ...

    OOSKAnews Corre... - 05/17/2013 - 14:10

  8. Kazakhstan Has Failed at Resolving Drinking Water Problems: Official

    7 May 2013- 10:05 by OOSKAnews Correspondent ASTANA, Kazakhstan Most Kazakh provinces have not managed to resolve their drinking water supply issues, the country’s deputy prosecutor general, Zhakyp Asanov, told a national online seminar on May 3. About 9 ...

    OOSKAnews Corre... - 05/07/2013 - 10:21

  9. South Kazakhstan Prosecutors’ Office Finds Financial Violations in Drinking Water Program

    25 Apr 2013- 08:07 by OOSKAnews Correspondent Kazakhstan, SHYMKENT Some of the state funds allocated for the Drinking Water Program in South Kazakhstan Province have disappeared and some have been wasted, the South Kazakhstan Prosecutors’ Office said on ...

    OOSKAnews Corre... - 04/25/2013 - 10:16

  10. 96 Percent of Rural Kazakh Water Subsidized

    23 Apr 2013- 09:50 by Local Press Report ASTANA Water World In Kazakhstan, 96 percent of the drinking water supplied to residents of rural areas is subsidized by the state, Deputy Chairman of the Agency for Regulation of Natural Monopolies Amanzhol ...

    Local Press Report - 04/23/2013 - 10:39

  11. Iran Gives Green Light for Caspian Sea Water Transfer, Raising Concerns in Russia

    22 Apr 2013- 07:50 by OOSKAnews Correspondent TEHRAN, Iran Iran last week announced the launch of a $1.5 billion USD project to bring water from the Caspian Sea to its central desert for drinking and irrigation purposes. The Caspian Sea is shared by Iran, ...

    OOSKAnews Corre... - 04/22/2013 - 10:13

  12. Kazakh Dams to Increase Hydropower, Tension With Uzbekistan

    19 Apr 2013- 09:40 by Local Press Report ASTANA Hydro World  Launch of both Kambar-Ata hydropower plants will allow to additionally produce up to 6.3 billion kWh of power annually. This will meet the country's highest power needs in winter time and ...

    Local Press Report - 04/19/2013 - 10:28

  13. Regional Environmental Security of the Caspian Sea Meeting Held

    18 Apr 2013- 09:40 by Local Press Report ASHGABAT Trend News Agency The meeting of authorized representatives of Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkmenistan on environmental security of the Caspian Sea in Azerbaijan completed its work on ...

    Local Press Report - 04/18/2013 - 09:57

  14. Kazakhstan Water Shortages Could Triple by 2050

    16 Apr 2013- 09:50 by Local Press Report ASTANA Azernews The water shortage in Kazakhstan may increase significantly by 2050, Minister of Environmental Protection Nurlan Kapparov said on Friday at the conference on Building a green economy in Kazakhstan.  ...

    Local Press Report - 04/16/2013 - 10:06

  15. EBRD Lends Another $13.4 Million USD to Kazakh Water Utility

    11 Apr 2013- 08:10 by OOSKAnews Correspondent ASTANA, Kazakhstan The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has allocated an additional $13.4 million USD to upgrade wastewater treatment facilities in Shymkent, the administrative center of ...

    OOSKAnews Corre... - 04/11/2013 - 10:02

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