TOP-5: GROUNDWATER DEPOSITS IN KAZAKHSTAN

TOP-5: GROUNDWATER DEPOSITS IN KAZAKHSTAN

06.12.2024 11:15:10 1797

1. ALMATY FIELD
It was explored to provide the city of Almaty with household drinking water and to provide industrial enterprises with industrial water. Mineralization is up to 0.5-0.6 grams per liter, the water quality is good and meets the requirements of "drinking". The projected volume of groundwater in category "A" is 457 thousand cubic meters. Today, 200 thousand cubic meters of water per day are extracted from the field.
2. THE KOKZHIDE GROUNDWATER DEPOSIT
It is located 95 km from the city of Emba, Aktobe region. Groundwater is used for domestic drinking water supply. Today, 7.84 thousand cubic meters of water are produced per day. The estimated life of the deposit is 27 years. The projected volume of groundwater reserves in categories "A+B+C1" is 196.5 thousand cubic meters per day.
3. TALGARSKOYE FIELD
It is located 30 km east of Almaty. It has been explored for the domestic drinking water supply of the city of Almaty. The volume of groundwater in categories "A+B+C1" was approved in the amount of 989.28 thousand cubic meters per day.

4. MERKENSKOYE FIELD
It is located on the northern slope of the Kyrgyz ridge between the villages of Merke and Novoskresenskoye. It was explored for the purpose of drinking water supply and irrigation of the lands of the district center - the city of Merke and adjacent settlements. Groundwater reserves have been approved in categories "A+B+C1" in the amount of 770 thousand cubic meters per day.

5. KENKIYAKSKOYE FIELD
It is located 11 km from the village of Kenkiyak in the Aktobe region. Groundwater is used for drinking water supply and technical water supply of industrial enterprises. As of today, 1,442 cubic meters of water are produced per day. The projected water supply in categories "A + B" is 5 thousand cubic meters per day.

Source : https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/water/press/news/details/897506