The potential of the water industry in the context of sustainable development

Abstract

In the modern period, the productivity of water resources is an indicator of the efficiency with which a country uses its water resources. Taking into account the regional economic structure of Kazakhstan and the vast territories with different natural and climatic conditions, these indicators should be used taking into account the sectoral activities of the region and their availability of natural, including water resources. The purpose of this article is to consider the existing potential of water resources of our country on the basis of an assessment of water availability and determining the prospects for further development of the water economy of Kazakhstan in the conditions of sustainable development. The assessment of water availability is associated with such problems as the lack of hydrological information, differences in the conditions for the formation and use of water resources, difficulties in combining physical – geographical, administrative–territorial and water management boundaries, heterogeneity of the analyzed information.