DAM FILL | Breaking news: The occupancy rate of the dams in Istanbul alarmed!
According to the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM) Water and Sewerage Administration (İSKİ) regulations, the water level indicators in the dams, which rose to 89.68 percent last year, have decreased to 32.25 percent today due to insufficient water level indicators.
OMERLI DAM DROPPED TO 36 PERCENT
According to the news in AA, the occupancy rates of the dams are 18.29 percent in Alibey, 35.32 percent in Büyükçekmece, 28.83 percent in Darlık, 31.62 percent in Elmalı, 36.81 percent in Istrancalar, It was recorded as 7.06 percent in Kazandere, 35.96 percent in Ömerli, 4.9 percent in Pabuçdere, 37.53 percent in Sazlıdere and 38.81 percent in Terkos. According to the data, the amount of precipitation falling on the dams this year was measured as 0.73 kilograms per couple.
WATER LEVEL 280 MILLION CUBIC METERS
While the dams and ponds that provide water to the city have an accumulation volume of 868 million 683 thousand cubic meters, the amount of water is measured at the level of 280.18 million cubic meters today.
DAILY CONSUMPTION 3 MILLION CUBIC METERS
Daily water consumption in Istanbul was 2 million 911 thousand cubic meters yesterday. The amount of water taken from Melen and Yeşilçay was 351.9 million cubic meters. IstanbulThe amount of water supplied to the city from the drinking water treatment plants in Turkey this year has been determined as 14.82 million cubic meters.
OCCUPATION RATES OF THE LAST 10 YEARS
According to İSKİ data, dam occupancy rates were 64.28 percent in 2013, 35.44 percent in 2014, 73.15 percent in 2015, 60.81 percent in 2016, 55.55 percent in 2017, and 2018 percent. It was recorded as 65.51, 86.86 percent in 2019, 39.31 percent in 2020, 19.47 in 2021 and 48.2 in 2022.
“ISTANBUL DOESN’T GET TOO MUCH RAIN”
Boğaziçi University Climate Change and Policies Application and Research Center Director Prof.
Noting that there has been a very serious rainfall in Istanbul and the basins that supply water to Istanbul, especially in the last few months, Kurnaz said, “Istanbul’s dams have started to empty slowly because Istanbul itself has not rained too much. Too many views in Istanbul. This is a serious problem. from our point of view,” he said.
Expressing that he is used to hearing people write warnings about the efficient use of water, Kurnaz stated that these warnings should be made for 12 months from now on.