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WATER MANAGEMENT IN

TURKEY

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According to the calculation of Turkey’s water capacity, Turkey has an annual

 potential of 1650 cubic meter of water per person. t is estimated that in !0"0,

Turkey’s water potential per person will decrease to 1100 cubic meter.

Therefore# Turkey will be among the countries which will e$perience water

scarcity.

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WHAT SHOULD BE DONE IN WATER

SCARCITY

%e should treat all domestic and industrial waste water.

%ater should be categori&ed in terms of its 'uality. (or instance, using high

'uality of water in agriculture will be waste of our natural source. nstead,

treated waste water can be used in both agriculture and watering green areas in big cities.

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 THE WATER SUPPLY NETWORKS IN

 TURKEY

%ater loss in the network is a serious problem in Turkey. )0 per cent of water in these

networks has gone to waste.

n order to sol*e this problem, old water supply systems in the big cities should be

renewed.

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WATER RAIN MANAGEMENT

%e should collect rain water especially in areas where there is no air pollution. Then, it

can be used in our houses and green areas.

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%aste water is treated# but the remaining part which is mud is one of the most

crucial problems of the clean4up systems.

+ud in composts can be used as natural fertili&er in agriculture and e*en it can

 be sold by the municipalities.

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:5 per cent of water in Turkey is used in agriculture. (looding method is

generally preferred by the farmers in Turkey. The use of this traditional method

should be reduced and we should make use of drip irrigation.

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(actories should treat their waste water and reuse it.

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;urifying sea water and using it again ha*e been added to agenda se*eral times

 by our go*ernment. ome pro

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n Turkey, many waste water treatment systems ha*e been constructed recently.

specially in the cities whose populations are more than one hundred thousand,

these systems should be completed in two or three years.