The article considers the strategy of Kazakhstan toward hydropower facilities development, as well as defines the current achievements of the country in the water management. The author pays special attention to the national strategy of the Kazakhstani government in the sphere of the renewable energy sources development giving detailed information about the role of the hydropower plants in the further increase of the total energy generation in the country. The article also highlights specific features of the hydropower sector development in Kazakhstan focusing on evaluation of exciting and projected facilities in the three hydropower resource-rich regions of the country.