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Underground mineral waters as the basis for sanatorium and resort development in Tashkent region
Подземные минеральные воды как базис санаторно-курортного развития Ташкентской области
https://doi.org/10.70413/ejar-v01-i09-s736
Highlights
- Mineral-water reserves in Uzbekistan on 1 January 2020: 33.686 thousand m³/day, of which 28.857 thousand m³/day in categories A+B+C1; Tashkent region: 3.616 thousand m³/day.
- About 20 wells in the Pretashkent artesian basin tap the Cenomanian (K2cm) aquifer complex.
- Hottest wells: No. 13se, 2,400 m deep, 67 °C, 1.3 g/L; No. 3 in Tashkent, 2,435 m, 62 °C, 1.1 g/L; No. 1tn at Nazarbek (Yangiyul district), 1,630 m, 60 °C, 1.0 g/L.
- Turon sanatorium, Tashkent: well No. 8bis, 1,905 m, 46–63 °C, 1.1 g/L. Chinabad sanatorium: well No. 7, 1,544 m, flowing, 51 °C, 0.8 g/L.
- Gazalkent well No. 5-t (Bostanliq district): 1,400 m, 47.2 °C, 0.8 g/L, pH 7.9–8.5, chloride–sodium water.
- Well No. 7pr, 10 km south-west of Tashkent: 1,920 m, 58 °C, 3.6–3.8 g/L, bromine up to 15–17 mg/L, silicic acid up to 70 mg/L.
- Eshanguzar well No. 6pr (Zangiota district): 1,900 m, flowing at 2.5 L/s, 58 °C, 0.8 g/L, silicic acid up to 72 mg/L.
- Karakamysh well No. 5pr, Tashkent: 2,375 m, 22–24 °C, 1.3–1.7 g/L.
Keywords
- mineral waters
- iodine–bromine waters
- exploitable reserves
- balneology
- sanatorium
Summary
The article describes the chemistry and medical uses of the underground mineral waters of sanatoriums in Tashkent and Tashkent region, and presents these waters as the basis for developing the region’s resorts. On 1 January 2020, Uzbekistan had 68 mineral-water deposits and sites on record, 67 of them with approved reserves.
In Tashkent and the surrounding region, about 20 wells in the Pretashkent artesian basin draw mineral water from the Cenomanian (K2cm) aquifer complex. Sanatoriums, a water-sports palace and bottling plants in Tashkent use it. The wells described are 1,371–2,435 m deep. Most give weakly mineralised (0.8–1.7 g/L), weakly alkaline sodium waters at 46–67 °C with no specific components, which the authors class as highly thermal.
The waters are used for baths, showers and drinking cures. The authors conclude that developing the region’s resorts needs deeper hydrogeological and medical studies.
How to cite
N. R. Aitmetova and M. N. Meylieva (2021). Underground mineral waters as the basis for sanatorium and resort development in Tashkent region. Eurasian Journal of Academic Research, 1(9), 228–233. https://doi.org/10.70413/ejar-v01-i09-s736