We are participating in the Cities Environment Reports on the Internet network   State of the Environment in Tashkent 2001 Home Page   |  About city  |   About this report  |   The CEROI network  |   Illustrations  |   Search   |   Feedback   |   Links  |   Map Water supply   What are the impacts of this issue  The water objects in Tashkent city are used as for the rest zones, for swimming and watering of gardens and kitchen-gardens, and outside the city they are also used for drinking. The increased content  of polluting and toxic substances in the water, as well as the big quantity of micro-organisms leads to different poisonings, infectious and gastro-intestinal illnesses. The special researches and detailed analysis of the reasons of illnesses in Tashkent city and its suburbs are not conducted, consequently there is no any possibility to find out the relation between the level of water pollution in surface waterflows and illnesses of the population.                                                                                                                      Chapter Navigation     Introduction   State    Salar     Karakamish     Karasu   Pressure   Impact   Response  Indicators    In this report          Web site maintained by:  À. Khalmatov  Page Editor:    This page was last updated: 13/03/02