Even as ceremonies launched the Koksaray water reservoir construction on June 25, controversy continues about the possible environmental impact of the project. The reservoir, to be built in southern Kazakhstan, will offer control over the flow of the Syrdarya River.

Uzbekistan has raised no official objections, so far, to construction of the Koksarai water reservoir on the Syrdarja River in Kazakhstan, which began on June 26, 2008. Uzbek ecologists, however, do become upset when thinking about the effect the reservoir