under the influence of climate change rainfall is predicted to decrease by and runoff to decrease by groundwater levels arc expected to decrease with minor changes in groundwater quality the km river has its source in turkey from springs on goze mountain goze dagi and discharges into the kura river in the part of the basin that is georgia s territory the surface water resources are estimated based on observations from to to be approximately km year about m yearcapita in georgia s part of the basin water withdrawal is x m year with withdrawn for energy for agricultural purposes for domestic uses and for industry animal husbandry and agriculture are the main sources of income and are increasing in the turkish territory in the kura basin see assessment of the kura