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Abstract
In The 21st century has seen water resources emerge as a key element of global economic and ecological stability as climate change, population growth, urbanization, and industrialization increase the pressures on traditional water systems. Economically, national reform and the modernization of sectors adopting technologies for the management of water resources is emerging as a key direction especially in those countries that are largely dependent on agriculture, like Uzbekistan where water use in irrigation accounts for most of the national consumption. While digital technologies are increasingly deployed in the water sector, there has been a lack of theoretical and methodological work that explains how digitalization drives efficiency, resource optimization, and the sustainable management of water systems. The purpose of this study is to develop the theory and methodology for the economical efficiency assessment of water management digitalization, integrated with modern digital technologies IoT, GIS, SCADA artificial intelligence and cyber-physical sytems. Results from the analysis show that digital technologies support real-time monitoring, data-driven decision-making, and optimized resource allocation, which reduce water losses by 20–30%, lower energy consumption by 10–15% and increase agricultural productivity by 15–20% This paper provides a systematic framework assimilating information theory, management theory, and a systemic approach explaining the function of digital technologies in enhancing operational efficiency and investment efficacy yielding value in water management. The conclusions prove that digitalization is more than just a promising technological development area, but also a possible tool for strategic modernization of economic system into a more efficient economic mechanism by ensuring economic efficiency, net transparent distribution of economic resources, operational costs, sustainable agricultural development and environmental development.