The salinity of water in the Aral Sea has decreased from 30 grams per liter to 8, said Yerdos Kulzhanbekov, head of the Department of Development of Hydro-reclamation of the Ministry of Water Resources of Kazakhstan.
In the 1960s the Aral Sea was the fourth largest lake in the world. In 1989, it split into two water reservoirs: the Northern Aral (Kazakhstan) and the Southern Aral (Uzbekistan).
Kazakhstan has been trying to save the reservoir since the 1990s. Dams have been built, and fish are being bred.
According to the results of the first phase of the Northern Aral conservation project, the volume of water in the sea increased by 42% and reached 27 billion cubic meters. As part of the second phase, it is planned to build a new dam and canals from the Syrdarya river, vesti.ru reports.
Alex Shishlo, Editor in Chief of the European Bureau, Rough&Polished
