Kazakstan - Projet de contôle du Syrdaria et de la Mer d'Aral Nord - Gestion de l'eau, institutions, O&M infrastructures

Syrdarya control and Northern Aral sea project

 Water Management Institutions and Infrastructure o&m

 Report by Christian Potin Consultant, 1998 - 127 p.

(Association CES Consulting Engineers Salzgitter GmbH / Sogreah Ingenierie / Kazgiprovodhoz)

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 Introduction

The objective of this report[1] was, as mentioned in the ToR, "to assess the existing institutional and O&M situation -related to water management in the project area and to make proposals for the strengthening of the CWR or alternatively the establishment of an alternative management agency".

The report was dealing with the institutional water management of the main system, i.e. the hydraulic infrastructure in the Syrdarya and the Northern Aral Sea (NAS) dam and spillway from Chardara dam down to farm boundaries. It was not addressing the water management issues at farm level as they were actually depending on each farm management efficiency and capability and were not in the scope of SYNAS Project although water management at farm level did play a role of a paramount importance for the water economy of the Syrdarya River sub-basin and the NAS.

An analysis of the legal and institutional framework of water management in the Syrdarya River basin and the NAS is given in chapter 2. After summarized references made to the former USSR system the interstate organizations involved in water management of the Aral Sea basin in general and of the Syrdarya River basin in particular was considered. Then the legal and institutional framework of the Republic of Kazakstan for the management of the Syrdarya sub-basin and the NAS have been analyzed with main outline of the functional aspects of the water management.

Chapter 3 is providing a short description of the main components of the Aral Sea Rehabilitation Program (ASRP) and cites other on-going projects and studies relevant to the project area.

Chapter 4 consists of an appraisal of the overall institutional and financial capacity of CWR at central level and at Kzylorda and South Kazakstan Oblasts level.

The actual financial means to face the O&M needs of the main water management system in the project area were analyzed in chapter 5 whilst the future O&M requirements have benn assessed in chapter 6 in terms of skills and staff, equipment and costs.

In chapter 7 proposals and analyses of possible alternative institution and management options for improved O&M functions within the main management system were made.

Organization facilities for project implementation, Technical Assistance included, was presented in chapter 8.

Lastly option proposals of institutional and O&M management plan study during the conditional phase III of SYNAS project detailed design was given in chapter 9.

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[1] Preparer: C. Potin, institution specialist, permanent consultant with SOGREAH Snc, with collaboration of A. Kulikov, economist in Kazgiprovodhoz; and Z. Baоbosynova, interpreter.

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Table of Contents

1  INTRODUCTION                                                                                                       

2  LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK OF WATER MANAGEMENT IN THE SYRDARYA RIVER BASIN AND THE NORTHERN ARAL SEA                         

2.1    Foreword                                                                                                                   

2.2    Historical reference of the former Soviet Union                                                   

2.2.1    Centralized institutional system at the USSR level                                  

2.2.2    Water management structures at republican level                                   

2.3    Present interstate organizations                                                                            

2.4    Present legal and institutional framework at the level of the Republic of Kazakstan     

2.4.1    Legal references                                                                                           

2.4.2    Main institutions involved at national level                                             

2.4.3    CWR organization and its related institutions at national level           

2.4.4    Institutional set-up of the project area                                                     

2.5    Overview of the water management system in RK Syrdarya basin                 

3   THE ARAL SEA REHABILITATION PROGRAM AND OTHER ON-GOING PROJECTS AND STUDIES                                                                                                                  

4  INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY AND BUDGET OF CWR                                      

4.1    CWR organizations at national level                                                                    

4.1.1    Self-financed organizations                                                                      

4.1.1.1    Analysis of assets and liabilities structure                                             

4.1.1.2    Financial analysis of activities                                                               

4.1.2    State budget -financed organizations                                                      

4.2    CWR organizations in the project area                                                                

4.2.1    Self-financed organizations                                                                      

4.2.1.1    Analysis of assets and liabilities structure                                             

4.2.1.2    Financial analysis of activities                                                               

4.2.2    State-budget financed organizations                                                       

4.2.3    Staff structure evolution in CWR organizations concerned with the project area                                                                                                                      

4.2.3.1    Kzylorda Oblast                                                                                     

4.2.3.2 South Kazakstan Oblast                                                                           

4.2.4    Equipment                                                                                                   

5  ACTUAL BUDGETS FOR O&M OF SYRDARYA WATER MANAGEMENT MAIN SYSTEM                                                                                                                                  

5.1    Foreword                                                                                                                 

5.2    Kzylorda Oblast                                                                                                      

5.3    South Kazakstan Oblast                                                                                        

5.4    Conclusion                                                                                                              

6              FUTURE O&M REQUIREMENTS OF THE MAIN WATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OF SYRDARYA RIVER AND NORTHERN ARAL SEA                                            

6.1    Foreword                                                                                                                 

6.2    Key operational functions of operation service                                                  

6.3    Key maintenance functions                                                                                   

6.4    Cost estimates                                                                                                        

6.4.1    Maintenance costs                                                                                     

6.4.2    Operation costs                                                                                          

7  INSTITUTIONAL OPTIONS FOR O&M OF SYRDARYA WATER MANAGEMENT MAIN SYSTEM                                                                                                                   

7.1    On-going Institutional Change                                                                              

7.2    Proposal of Institutional Options                                                                         

7.2.1    Proposal of Options in the Long Term                                                    

7.3    Possible Transitional Steps: Implications and Issues                                       

7.3.1    Issues and Policy Decision Making at National Level                            

7.3.2    Short Term Measures Suggested at Project Area Level                       

7.3.2.1    Institutional Arrangements and Privatization Program                         

7.3.2.2    O & M Management Plan                                                                     

7.3.2.3    Other issues and implications                                                               

8  ORGANIZATION OF PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

8.1    Project Organization                                                                                              

8.1.1    SYNAS Project Implementation Unit                                                       

8.1.2    Technical Assistance to the SPIU                                                            

8.2    Project implementation organizations costs                                                      

9   INSTITUTIONAL AND O&M MANAGEMENT PLAN STUDIES DURING THE CONDITIONAL PHASE III OF SYNAS PROJECT                                                                          

9.1    Options proposals                                                                                                  

9.2    Specifications for the technical expertise and assessment of hydraulic infrastructure (head structures, water intakes main and secondary canals and drains upstream farm boundary)