Mayor of Astana linked water shortage with population growth and active irrigation

Astana. June 7. KazTAG - Akim of Astana Zhenis Kassymbek linked the water shortages with population growth and active irrigation.
“Issues related to the shortage of drinking water in the city have been actively raised recently. Indeed, there is such a problem, it is connected with various problems, firstly, our city is growing and developing rapidly. The annual growth of the city's population is 60-70 thousand people, which requires additional volumes of water. In addition, right now active irrigation work is underway, associated with high temperatures, you know that the last week the temperature in the city practically did not drop below 30 degrees,” said Zhenis Kassymbek addressed the residents of Astana.
The akim promised to solve all issues with water shortages within a month.

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