Sustainable management and protection of water resources

Uzbekistan and the majority of its neighbouring countries are situated in the Aral Sea internal drainage basin, where they share transboundary waters. The scarcity of freshwater is currently, and will be in the future, the greatest environmental problem, since water is the key resource for irrigating low productivity saline lands for agricultural production. In-stream disposal of collector–drainage waters and inefficient wastewater purification systems result in a deterioration of water resources quality and an increase in water salinity.

Sustainable Development Goals:

Climate Action