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21 Apr 2015- 10:05 by OOSKAnews Correspondent ASTANA, Kazakhstan The Kazakh government has allocated $58.3 million USD for 26 water infrastructure rehabilitation and construction projects in 2015, the Ministry of Agriculture announced last week. That figure is about $9 million USD less than the
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9 Jan 2015- 10:44 by OOSKAnews Correspondent ASTANA, Kazakhstan Kazakhstan is considering building dams on the trans-boundary Ili River to maintain water levels in Lake Balkhash, an agricultural ministry committee said earlier this week. However, environmentalists have warned that the project is
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Growing demand for water in China and Uzbekistan could lead to a water supply crisis in Kazakhstan, according to Ainur Kuatova, an adviser to the Environmental Protection Minister.
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8 Dec 2010- 13:23 by OOSKAnews Correspondent ASTANA, Kazakhstan Kazakh scientists forecast multiple variations of an environmental catastrophe on Lake Balkhash if a significant amount of water is withdrawn from the Hi River, Kuanysh Isbekov, director general of Kazakhstan's Fisheries Research
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17 Nov 2010- 13:48 by OOSKAnews Correspondent ASTANA, Kazakhstan Some $473 million USD to $676 million USD is needed to upgrade the irrigation system in the area of Lake Balkhash, Kazakhstan's Deputy Minister of Environmental Protection Mazhit Turmagambetov said. Turmagambetov was quoted as