Kazakhstan Turns to U.S. Water Experts as Scarcity Threat Looms

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Kazakhstan seeks assistance from US water experts to address looming water scarcity risks. Discussions focused on digital water metering and telemetry improvements for agricultural irrigation, with support from the US Embassy in Astana.

Kazakhstan is turning to a US government agency for help on water conservation. Experts from the Kazakh water-management agency Kazvodhoz held talks recently with representatives of the US Bureau of Reclamation on ways to reduce water use in the agricultural sector, the Kazakh news outlet InBusiness.kz reported. The US Embassy in Astana facilitated the discussions. "The parties paid particular attention to the implementation of digital water metering and telemetry systems within irrigation networks," Kazakhstan’s Ministry of…