Decree No. 365 of the Cabinet of Ministers “On measures for the organization of the rational use of waterbodies and water resources in the Fergana region”.

The Cabinet of Ministers, in order to effectively use water management facilities and water resources in Fergana region, as well as to deepen economic reforms in the field of water management, decides as follows: (a) to determine the assessed value of public pumping stations in the prescribed manner; and (b) to put pumping stations belonging to the State Asset Management Agency, the Ministry of Water Management, the Ministry of Finance and the Sirdarya-Sukh Irrigation Systems Basin Department of the Fergana Region on public auctions through the electronic trading platform "E-auction" at the estimated value. The aforesaid pumping stations shall be maintained in appropriate technical condition and used for irrigation purposes. Pumping stations must be modernized through introduction of water saving and electricity saving technologies. The aforesaid measures must ensure reliable supply of water to agricultural producers and homestead land owners operating on irrigated land areas connected to pumping stations with water delivery and other water management services within the allocated water intake limit based on the contract and agreed payment of water charges.