Current Water/economic Balance of the Ural River on the Territory of the Russian Federation
The paper contains analysis of the water resources use current indicators for the Ural River basin. It quotes an assessment of the permissible and actual irrevocable water consumption in the Russian part of the basin. An assessment of magnitude of the runoff that is supplied to the Republic of Kazakhstan in comparison with natural and ecological runoff was made according to the outcomes of the developed water/economic balances.