EXPEDIENCY OF THE DESIGN OF THE MAIN SALT OFFTAKE TRACT WITH APPLICATION OF GIS-TEHNOLOGIES
An important problem in terms of the environmental degradation and water scarcity in our region and on a global scale is to ensure the rational use of the fresh water resources. The Amudarya and Syrdarya, two major transboundary rivers in the Central Asia, have historically been a common good and a source of life for the peoples of the region. It is through these rivers the water is provided in the Aral Sea basin.In the arising situation the water preserving complex of the right bank seems as a system of collectors and drainage tracts - receivers of collector and drainage waters from the pools of Zarafshan and Kashkadarya, Bukhara and Turtkul oases, right-bank Karakalpakstan and off- channel lakes of the zone between two rivers to provide their flowage and, as a result, obtaining of more fresh water.The proposed version of the tract can be recommended for implementation after carrying- out of the pre-project and project evaluations and studies.