Название практики | Land reclamation via vertical drainage wells | Holding the Integrated Water Resources Management Olympiad (Academic Competition) |
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Category | Water resources | Water resources |
Tool | Collector-drainage system | |
Field of application | • Use of water resources |
Use of water resources |
Usability of practice for adaptation to climate change | Moderate | Low |
Implemented by | Ministry of Reclamation and Water Management of the Republic of Kazakhstan |
Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University (KRSU) |
Used by |
Country: Kazakhstan Province: South Kazakhstan Region District: Maktaaral District |
Country: Kyrgyzstan |
Local specifics | • Upstream (Ferghana) and midstream (Syr Darya) of the Syr Darya River |
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Practice usage period |
Start date: 01.01.1965 End date: 31.12.1975 |
Start date: 01.02.2017 End date: 31.12.2017 |
Problem solved through this practice | Deterioration of reclamation situation: rising of ground water, land salination |
Insufficient level of objectivity while selecting candidates, i.e. selection of final candidates not based on their knowledge and skills but illicitly |
Tools used in the practice | Technique and technology of land reclamation via a system of vertical drainage wells (VDW) |
Technique of knowledge assessment |
Description of the practice and its results | Actions: A VDW system set up. Prior to its installation, the area was drained via a horizontal open-type drain-age network ineffective as to reducing the mass of salinized land. Comprehensive VDW efforts significantly enhanced drainage.
Results: Financial and economic: Technical: |
Actions: The participants were offered to undergo 2 exams (written and oral) within the framework of the Olympiad. Finalists of the written test could go on to the oral exam. Results: 1 student was selected from among the candidates to participate in subsequent Regional IWRM Olympiad and the International Summer School “Methods and Means of Assessing, Modelling and Monitoring the Water and Land Resources of Central Asia” to take place in Almaty City. |
Lessons learnt and recommendations made | Lessons learnt: In due time, the model proved useful and timely, as the country urgently needed to increase its cotton yields. The practice demonstrated high efficiency of VDW in combatting land salination. Recommendations: 1. Establish a special VDW System Maintenance and Operation Department; |
Formally, this competitive practice is routine while selecting the personnel/specialists for international and national projects, but their unbiased selection is not achieved in all cases. Quite often, various types of project participants are selected by way of “pulling strings” or based on the instruction of upper-tier agencies. |
Source of practice | Domestic tools (outcomes of research by domestic R&D organizations) |
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Readiness for implementation |
1. Cost of implementation: Moderate 2. Approximate cost of investment per 1 ha: 3. O&M costs: High 4. Expert support: Not needed |
1. Cost of implementation: High 2. Approximate cost of investment per 1 ha: 3. O&M costs: High 4. Expert support: Not needed |
Brief information on the project | ||
Funding source | Ministry of Reclamation and Water Management of the USSR | Ministry of Education and Science of the Kyrgyz Repub-lic, Global Water Partnership (GWP) in Kyrgyzstan |
Information sources | Reshetkina N.M. et al. “Vertical Drainage”, Moscow: Kolos, 1978. – 319 p. |
http://www.water.kg/index.php/ru/itemlist/category/93-seminary-i-treningi |
Contacts of a person, who filled this form | SIC ICWC |
SIC ICWC |
Form submission date | 26.03.2018 | 30.03.2018 |