Keywords: trans-boundary rivers, water resources reclamation, methods of water distribution

// Мелиорация.— 2015. – № 2(74) – С 25-33

The article considers the problems of melioration during the exploitation of water resources of a trans-border watercourse on the example of the river Kura, and a plan of possible distribution of water among the states of the basin is given. The conclusion suggesting that the development of the concept of the distribution of trans-border waters among the neighboring states: Georgia,Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey and Iran, is possible by establishing the bank of the most recent data about the components of usingthe water reserves (rivers, water reservoirs, lakes, marshes, underground waters, glaciers) is made. For this purpose, it is necessary to conclude an agreement about getting engaged in the work to develop “The reference book of the water resources of South Caucasus”, developing single methods to gather the information and then, by observing the international standards, adjusting the study to develop the concept about the distribution of trans-border waters by considering a thorough solution of the ecological problems. The developed methods to distribute the water resources among the neighboring states can be used as the basis to conclude an inter-governmental agreement for the above-listed five countries.