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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
Astana, January 13 (Xinhua) — The availability of clean drinking water in Kazakhstan's populated areas has reached 100 percent, Deputy Minister of Industry and Construction Kuandyk Kazhkenov announced at a government meeting. This was reported by the Kazinform news agency on Tuesday.
According to the Deputy Minister, the target set by the head of state to ensure full access to drinking water by the end of 2025 has been achieved as a result of comprehensive efforts to develop water supply infrastructure. Since 2021, approximately 835 billion tenge has been allocated from the budget for the implementation of more than 1,600 projects.
As K. Kazhkenov explained, centralized and decentralized water supply systems currently cover all 90 cities and 6,087 rural communities in the country, with a population of approximately 7.5 million. Of these, 96 percent of the rural population is served by centralized water supply, while the remainder relies on water treatment units, individual wells, or water delivery to sparsely populated and remote villages.
The government also announced that work to modernize water supply and wastewater disposal systems will continue as part of the national project "Modernization of the Energy and Utilities Sectors" for 2025-2029. Approximately 1.9 trillion tenge in investment is planned for these purposes, including budgetary funds and debt financing. As a result, by 2030, the depreciation rate of water supply networks is expected to be reduced to 33 percent, and that of wastewater disposal networks to 41 percent.
Particular attention is being paid to the digitalization of the industry. According to the Deputy Minister, the country plans to install more than 3.6 million smart water meters between 2026 and 2028. At the same time, the National Water Resources Information System is being developed, which will integrate data from 11 state information systems and ensure digital water resource management.
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