MODSNOW Water Resources Monitoring System Launched in Jizzakh Region

Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) — On the initiative of the Institute of Macroeconomic and Territorial Research under the Cabinet of Ministers (IMTR), a real-time water resources monitoring system using the MODSNOW program has been launched in Jizzakh region.

The system, which began operating in 2025, is designed for the operational monitoring of water reserves. MODSNOW was developed by Uzbek scientist Abror Gafurov and is already in use in more than ten countries worldwide, including all Central Asian states.

The program enables the assessment of water resources and the forecasting of incoming supplies.

The relevance of such solutions is increasing amid the region’s unstable hydrological regime, which depends on water inflows from neighboring countries. Climate change raises the risk of mudflows and floods due to early snowmelt and heavy precipitation in spring and early summer.

On 29 October, a practical seminar on improving the monitoring system was held in the region, demonstrating the practical application of MODSNOW.

On 22 December, the technology was implemented at the Syrdarya–Zarafshan Basin Irrigation Management to track real-time water inflows into the Zomin Reservoir and manage resources in the Sangzor River basin.

The use of MODSNOW is expected to improve water resource management by enabling operational monitoring of reservoirs and rivers, early forecasting of spring–summer reserves, observation of potential mudflow and flood zones, and more rational water allocation based on actual data.

The system will also contribute to the development of early warning mechanisms to reduce the impact of natural disasters.