Water - source of abundance
Since ancient times, water has been considered a sacred source of existence and abundance, for due to it, nature comes to life, and endless steppes turn into flowering, fertile lands. That is why, our ancestors, who knew the price of water very well, equated every drop of it with a grain of gold. The Turkmen people have created many wise proverbs and sayings vividly reflecting the respect for the life-giving moisture: “Water is father, earth is mother”, “Earth with water is a flower garden, without water it is a desert”, “The beauty of the earth is water, the beauty of water is swan". In the socioeconomic strategy of Turkmenistan, special importance is attached to the rational use of water resources. Rational water use in Central Asia is one of the urgent tasks, and Turkmenistan is very active in this matter. Major investment projects are being implemented in this area, including those to increase the capacity of the Karakum River and to provide cities and villages of the country with clean drinking water.