In accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the United States Government and the Government of Kazakhstan (GOK) dated March 18, 1994, USAID has allocated funds for improvements to the potable water systems in and around the cities of Aralsk and Novokazalinsk located in the Kyzyl Orda Oblast of western Kazakhstan. Thepotable water systems in Aralsk and Novokazalinsk Rayons are supplied with groundwater via a Federal transmission pipeline from the Kosaman and Berdykol Well fields. 240-kilometer (kro) Federal transmission pipeline that also supplies water to individual communities along the way.