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По-русски Choose the topic: Index Amudarya River Basin Morphology Water resources Water management infrastructure Reservoirs and flow regulation → Water demands Water losses along the river Water demands

As it is clear from Table irrigated agriculture used in 1990 the almost 92% of total water demands in the Amudarya river basin. After independence agricultural water use dropped significantly, but there were increased water uses in other sectors of economy (domestic and industrial). It is foreseeing in future, that irrigated agriculture will decrease to 87% of total water use. Domestic consumption will increase by 1.9 times, industrial consumption by 1.3 times, and fishery by 1.9 times. Table presents the actual water use by different states and sectors of economy and prospective (2010) water requirements. The actual water use and prospective requirements within the Amudarya River Bain (million m3) Country Estimated level Economic sectors Total Domestic water supply Rural water supply Industrial water supply Fishery Irrigated farming Other Kyrgyzstan 1990 14 10 8 0 10 0 42 1997 12 19 12 0 48 0 91 35 26 15 0 60 0 136 Tajikistan 1990 285 296 600 0 6880 300 8361 1997 300 400 750 0 7040 0 8590 2010 370 450 800 200 7280 300 9400 Turkmenistan 1990 121 70 126 35 24416 2 24770 1997 320 80 135 38 22200 0 22773 2010 1100 270 1150 400 25225 0 28145 Uzbekistan 1990 600 450 250 210 31500 0 33010 1997 683 574 204 175 27350 0 28986 2010 1300 750 350 1000 26000 0 29400 Amudarya basin total 1990 1020 826 984 245 62806 302 66183 1997 1315 1973 1101 213 56638 0 60440 2010 2805 1496 2315 1600 58565 300 67081