Environmental Assessment of Water Bodies
CENTRAL ASIAN INSTITUTE FOR ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH
Water projects

CAIER maintains a unique database developed through comprehensive studies of the Caspian Sea, Lake Balkhash, and the transboundary Syr Darya, Amu Darya, and Ili rivers.

The Institute has extensive experience implementing large-scale water projects in cooperation with leading Kazakhstani and international organizations.

Environmental assessment of water bodies — CAIER

Key areas of expertise

  • Comprehensive hydrological assessment of water bodies and catchment basins
  • Field hydrological surveys and bathymetric mapping
  • Calculation of water balances and water management balances for water bodies and river basins
  • Assessment of the current state of surface water resources and forecasting changes under climatic and anthropogenic influences
  • Calculation of key river flow characteristics, water levels, and discharge rates at different exceedance probabilities
  • Hydrogeological investigations
  • Assessment of water volumes and reserves in lakes and reservoirs
  • Development of hydrological models
  • Research and forecasting of floods, inundations, droughts, and other hazardous hydrological events
  • Assessment and mapping of hydrological risks, including potential flood zones
  • Calculation of environmental flow requirements for rivers
  • Delineation of catchment basins, water protection zones, and protective buffer strips
  • Development of measures for the sustainable use and restoration of water resources and wetland ecosystems

CAIER water projects

Almaty Water Master Plan
Water resource management

Almaty Water Master Plan

In cooperation with MEKOROT, Israel's national water company, CAIER developed a Master Plan for the integrated and sustainable management of water resources in Almaty.

Partner: MEKOROT, Israel
Wetlands
Wetland ecosystems

Restoration of Degraded Wetlands

Assessment of wetland conditions within project areas and development of methods to restore the productivity of three degraded wetlands.

Client: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

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