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ASTANA. KAZINFORM A low level of water in the Talas River and abnormal hot and dry weather led to insufficient water discharge from the Kirov Reservoir to Kazakhstan during the growing season, the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources says.
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TARAZ. KAZINFORM Since the beginning of the growing season this year, farmers of Zhambyl region have been experiencing a shortage of irrigation water. In early August, the problem of water shortage turned out to be quite acute. Crops in Baizak, Zhambyl, Kordai, Merke, Talas, Ryskulov districts are facing a serious threat; thousands of hectares of onion and sugar beet crops are under threat as well, due to short supply of water from the Kirov reservoir, Kazinform correspondent reports.