Mameli Kobalia participates in World Water Day Forum at GTU

Georgia: Mameli Kobalia, Head of Water Resources Management, Energy and SEMEC Relations Department of “Georgian Melioration” Ltd, participated in the forum dedicated to World Water Day at the Technical University of Georgia (GTU).

Mameli Kobalia spoke about the challenges in the irrigation sector and the importance of rational use of irrigation water.

“Due to climatic conditions, there is increasing importance for effective use of water resources.”

“In order to conserve existing resources, it is necessary to implement modern technologies intensively in the field, which means both drip irrigation systems and equipment that are already well-proven worldwide, which allows to reduce water costs,” said Mameli Kobalia.

The department head also stressed the importance of reservoir construction and rehabilitation. He noted that the company plans to establish an Alto reservoir parallel to the rehabilitation of existing reservoirs. During the vegetation irrigation period, this reservoir will provide a stable water supply to 43,000 ha agricultural reservoirs in the Lower and Upper Alazani irrigation systems zone.

To promote rational use of water resources and reduce losses, LLC “Melioration of Georgia” actively implements melioration infrastructure projects that will improve water supply and reduce water losses in systems.

Systematic development of development infrastructure, proper production of water ration policy, provision of farmers according to a standardized and predetermined plan, and creation of right expectations will help farmers plan their entrepreneurial activities in the long term properly. They will also employ modern irrigation methods that are directly proportional to water resources, that one with rational spending.

Technical University of Georgia (GTU)

Technical university of Georgia (GTU) was founded 100 years ago, which contributed to the country’s development. During this period, a number of proud projects were implemented: starting with the construction of one of the boldest ideas in Georgian technical thinking—”Engurhesi”—and continuing with the launch of the first Georgian space object, “Reflector,” into space.