The forecast through August indicates that water deficits will moderate in Mangystau, Kazakhstan; increase in Turkmenistan; and emerge in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, and in Surgut on the Ob River. Surpluses will persist in the Western Siberian Plain.
Central Asia & Russia: Water surplus forecast in N Sakha & Transbaikal
Central Asia & Russia: Exceptional deficits will emerge in Mangystau
ISciences Worldwide Water Watch List April 2022
Regions forecast to have significant water deficits for the 12-month period January through December 2022 include: Iraq, Iran, Central Asia, northwest Africa, Chile, and Texas and the U.S. West. Areas of significant water surplus include: eastern Australia, China, India, and Indonesia. This Watch List is based on ISciences Water Security Indicator Model v2 (WSIMv2) 5 April 2022.