BAKU, Azerbaijan, Aug 12
By Jeila Aliyeva - Trend:
A new reservoir has been commissioned in the Bereketsky district of Turkmenistan’s Balkan region, Trend reports with reference to the Business Turkmenistan information portal.
The capacity of the new reservoir is 18 million cubic meters and it is intended to supply water from the Karakum River to the agricultural fields of the region.
In addition to the main production facilities, road and energy infrastructure facilities were also built.
Thus, the commissioning of a new water management facility, the capacity of which is 10 cubic meters of water per second, will increase the reliability of providing water for irrigation of arable lands of the Bereketsky district.
Water issues are a priority vector of interaction between Turkmenistan and neighboring countries in the region and international organizations within the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea (IFAS).
Turkmenistan borders Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Iran, and Afghanistan and uses water resources coming in accordance with agreed quotas from four transboundary rivers, namely, Amu Darya, Tejen, Atrek, and Murgab.
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