International Ataturk Alatoo University,Department of International Relations.subject:Foreign Policy and Analysis, done by Saida Umarova Lecturer: Ibrahim Koncak

1. Water Management in
Central Asia
International Ataturk Alatoo
University,Department of
International Relations
Saida Umarova

2. Title
“The human right to water entitles everyone to
sufficient, safe, acceptable, physically accessible
and affordable water for personal and domestic
uses. An adequate amount of safe water is
necessary to prevent death from dehydration,
reduce the risk of water-related disease and
provide for consumption, cooking, personal and
domestic hygienic requirements”.
(General Comment 15, CESCR, 2002)
CONSERVE TO PRESESRVE

3. Introduction
• Central Asia faces big water-related
challenges, among them water scarcity,
degrading water quality and inefficient water
use. Climate change may even aggravate the
situation. These challenges can be met only in
a joint effort of all Central Asian states.

4. Problems
Water scarcity
• GLOBAL PROBLEM
• ACUTE IN CENTRAL ASIA.
• SEVERE OVER-EXPLOITATION OF THE AVAILABLE WATER RESOURCES
• THE EFFECTS OF GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
• UNEVEN DISTRIBUTED WATER
• USAGE OF WATER FOR DIFFERENT PURPOSES.
The scarcity of water resources, inappropriate management and disparate
interests – are all factors that make the distribution of water in Central Asia
into a major source of potential tensions.

5. Usage of water
• In the absence of alternatives, the water-rich countries Tajikistan and
Kyrgyzstan, situated on the upper reaches of the major rivers Syr
Darya and Amu Darya, use water predominantly for hydropower
production in winter.
• On the other hand, the downstream countries Kazakhstan,
Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, mainly use water for irrigating crops in
summer.

7. Map of the World showing
water scarcity
Central
Asia is a
region with
“Physical
water
scarcity ”

8. International
actors in Central
Asia• The Transboundary Water Management in Central Asia programme
is implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale
Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH on behalf of theGerman Federal
Foreign Office.
• In cooperation with the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
(UNECE) and representatives of all five Central Asian states, proposals for
strengthening the institutional capacity of the Executive Committee of the
International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea (EC IFAS) have been elaborated.
In a comprehensive project, EC IFAS and the five states as well as GIZ,
UNECE and representatives of other international partners collectively
devised a scheme to improve water management across the Aral Sea Basin
– the Third Aral Sea Basin Programme – which has been approved by all five
states.

9. Adaptation options
in Central Asia
The options explored can be summarized in three broad categories:
• expanding the supply of water available in the future;
• increasing the productivity of water; and
• reducing future demand for water.
• Climate change will put additional challenges on decision makers to
manage water resources in a beneficial way both to the environment
and human life. Solutions are possible when decision makers will act
adequately, resources are available and actions will be taken in
common understanding of all countries.

10. References
Asian Development Bank “Climate Change and Sustainable Water Management in Central Asia”,
Retrieved from
http://www.adb.org/publications/climate-change-and-sustainable-water-management-
central-asia
BBC News. World Water Crisis . Retrieved from
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/world/2000/world_water
_crisis/default.stm
GIZ, A Source of Peace – Transboundary Water Management in Central Asia
http://waterca.org/
Regional Research Network “Central Asian Water”, “Water in Central Asia”. Retrieved from
http://www.cawa-project.net/page/38
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