Water Institutional Reforms in Kyrgyzstan - The Politics of Water Institutional Reform in Neopatrimonial States - page 113

Irrigation area
managed by WUA,
in ha

Irrigation area
managed by WUA,
in %

Number
of WUAs

Total irrigation
area, ha

Oblast Raion

Ton 7 23935 10944 46%

Tjup 2 23540 2032 9%

Total 31 163377 60903 37%

Naryn Ak-Talin 8 15172 7183 47%

At-Bashin 6 31638 7343 23%

Dzhumgal 9 18429 10462 57%

Kochkor 13 30172 23567 78%

Naryn 7 24830 7468 30%

Total 43 120241 56023 47%

Osh Alay 1 6538 250 4%

Aravan 15 22353 20099 90%

Kara-Suu 21 42453 32982 78%

Naukat 15 26766 22126 83%

Uzgen 10 21341 13854 65%

Chon-Alay 1 8418 462 5%

Kara-Kuldzhin 2 6524 2107 32%

Total 65 134393 91880 68%

Talas Talas 17 37837 23688 63%

Bakay-Atin 10 27690 19406 70%

Kara-Buurin 15 30554 30554 100%

Manas 11 18819 15029 80%

Total 53 114900 88677 77%

Chuy Moskov 7 44426 24738 56%

Yssyk-Atin 11 56000 33120 59%

Chuy 5 31327 9404 30%

Sokuluk 14 56604 26462 47%

Kemin 9 29160 20599 71%

Panfilov 15 31336 27659 88%

Zhail 12 42740 32054 75%

Alamedin 10 37399 19206 51%

Total 83 328992 193242 59%

Total 353 1043584 615755 59%

Source: Kozhoev 2004, own calculations .
At first glance, these numbers indicate that the reform processes are running smoothly and
successfully. Only a few years after the projects' start, more than half of the irrigation systems
were already transferred from the FSK or a/o to WUAs.However, these numbers do not mean
that these are all really functioning WUAs. A closer look at the existing WUAs shows that they
are performing differently than expected and than outlined in the formal prescriptions. Only
37 of 353 WUAs in 2004 fulfilled the seven criteria of eligibility for World Bank loans (Ko