Lakes, reservoirs and water resources

Water resources are surface and ground waters that supply agriculture, people and industry, give electricity and serve fishing and recreation. At present about 4.2 million hectares are irrigated with river water. On average about 58 km³ of water is used a year, about 90 percent of it for irrigation and the rest for industry, household services, fisheries and other uses. Hydropower plants Charvak, Khojikent and Gazalkent stand on the Chirchiq, Uchkurgan on the Naryn, Farhod on the Syrdarya and the Andijan plant on the Karadarya. Rivers are polluted by industry, households, livestock farms and drainage water, which harms living things in the water. To protect water we must purify waste water before release, not let salty drainage water into rivers, set up sanitary zones along rivers and irrigate economically.