Works for the increment of throughput capacity of Karakum River are carried out. 1,000-kilometer water way with regulating facilities, water reserves, own production base allowed making largest in the world irrigation and water system, which is used for irrigation of more than one million hectares of agricultural lands of the country.
the course of manmade river, which starts from Amudarya, crosses Southwestern Karakums, Murgab Oasis, the area between Murgab and Tejen Rivers and reach the Kopetdag foothills.Specialists of water management sphere plan to extended the course of Karakum River by 200 kilometres and to direct the water of Amudarya River to deserted lands of the southwest of Balkan Velayat.
The river will flood Misrian Hollow, where the largest settlements of Madau-Depe, Izzatkuly and Tangsyklaja used to be located in fertile lands in BC.It also has ruins of prosperous medieval cities of Jurjan and Dehistan.
New project of Turkmen hydrologists proposes to build the water reserve, which would brign back thousands hectares of lands to circulation.Departments of the State Water Management Committee build two water reserves on Karakum river for better water supply of Western Turkmenistan.
One water facility with the capacity of 18 million cubic meters will be in the area of Bereket while another 45 million cubic tones water reserve for drinking, industrial and agricultural purpose in Danata.
Construction of damming and regulating facility is carried out at 1,006 kilometre of the river course for improvement of water supply of Serdar.Regulating water facilities at 326th and 456th kilometres of waterway and mud stream facilities at 680th and 753rd kilometres will be built in the next few years along with five powerful pump stations.
Quantity of water at the biggest water reserves of manmade river Garaşsyzlyk and Khauzkhan will be increased to 3.8 and 1.5 million cubic meters respectively.At this place, departments of the State Water Management Committee carry out relative works.
In present, the quantity of water collected in four water reserves of the country is around 2.7 billion cubic meters. 15 billion cubic meters of water and 60 65 million cubic meters of sand and sludge come to Karakum River from the Amudarya every year.
Part of it is settled down in water reserves and riverbed.Therefore, the works for construction of dams, widening and deepening of the river is carried out using dredging equipment.
Personnel clean the banks of the river and do planning works, owing to which gardens, vineyards, plantation of agricultural crops, forest and park zones appear along the river.Specialist of water management sphere cleaned more than 260 hectares of riverbanks for the last few years where 212,000 plants have been planted.
Planting of mulberry trees is carried out at present time.New image of manmade river is given by modern bridges and transport intersections, which allowed getting rid of pontoon crossings and make the river to be navigational.
Karakumderyasuwhojalyk Association, one of the departments of the State Water Management Committee of Turkmenistan, provides the service of this unique hydrosystem.Specialists regulate the flow of water to the system, solve the issues of water intake, provide the work of pump stations, clean and deepen the course, fill the water reserves achieving uninterrupted supply of Amudarya water for irrigation of lands.
The department has more than 100 dredgers, 50 excavators and bulldozers at present time. 30 units of modern computerized equipment from Holland designated for cleaning of the river course will be delivered this year. 16 tons of herbivorous fish larvae was bred and let out to the river for biological treatment of river and water reserves by scientific and production ecological centre last year.
Scientifically grounded rational use of this huge water potential will allow having generous harvest of agricultural crops in the context of the state programme of import substitution and export orientation.