Water Management in Istanbul

Altinbilek, Doğan

doi:10.1080/07900620600709563

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“…Istanbul has substantially reduced water loss in the distribution network in a successful programme (Altinbilek 2006). The percentage water loss has been reduced from more than 50 % loss prior to 1994 to 34 % in 2000 by the public utility ISKI.…”

Section: Drinking Watermentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Water supply and sanitation are the responsibilities of the public utility Istanbul Su ve Kanalizasyon Idaresi (ISKI) or Istanbul Water Works and Sewerage Administration (IWWS) created in 1981. Information on water and wastewater services has been reported by Altinbilek (2006), Baban et al (2011), Patan (2012) and ISKI (2013. According to Patan (2012), Istanbul supplies 1353 million m 3 /year water mainly from surface water reservoirs.…”

Section: Water Resources Of Istanbulmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Feedback was asked from several stakeholders (representatives of municipalities, water utilities, wastewater utilities and water boards) on the preliminary assessment. A site visit was made to Istanbul to drinking water production and wastewater treatment facilities as well as to the bioremediation site in the Golden Horn of Istanbul (Altinbilek 2006). Final reporting was done in an interactive manner with the stakeholders.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…For example, the two major sources of anthropogenic metals, especially zinc, copper and lead, were discharges from an iron and steel plant starting in 1948 and metalwork industries commissioned in 1959 (Coleman et al 2009). In 1985, there were 700 industrial sites and 2000 businesses on the banks of the Golden Horn producing a smell that caused great discomfort to the people living in the area (Altinbilek 2006). The Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality and ISKI began a major environmental rehabilitation project in 1994.…”

Section: Surface Water Qualitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The annual population growth is 2.8 %. The population grew at almost twice the overall rate of the whole of Turkey, because of a large in-migration (Baban et al 2011;Altinbilek 2006). Hence, water supply and sanitation are of particular concern.…”

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Istanbul: the challenges of integrated water resources management in Europa’s megacity

Leeuwen

Sjerps

2015

Environ Dev Sustain

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Effective integrated water resources management (IWRM) and developments impacting on water resources are recognized as key components of environmentally sustainable development. Istanbul (Turkey) is a very large metropolitan city with a population of approximately 14 million. Istanbul is one of the 23 megacities (metropolitan areas with a population of more than 10 million) in the world and one of the most rapidly growing cities in Europe. The annual population growth is 2.8 %. The population growth in the city is almost twice the overall rate of the whole of Turkey, because of a large in-migration. The present study is a baseline assessment of IWRM of Istanbul and also provides a critical review of Istanbul's future challenges. The assessment is part of an action on water governance (City Blueprints) in the context of the European Innovation Partnership on Water of the European Commission. The City Blueprint indicator approach and process have been applied as first step of gaining a better understanding of IWRM and the challenges ahead. This is done by using well-established and high-quality data sets, a relatively cost-effective online survey and a relatively simple questionnaire. Istanbul has set a good example to the challenges faced in water supply in megacities, where illegal settlements on watershed zones posed a threat to scarce water resources. Despite these enormous efforts, the projected future population growth and climate change in Istanbul will necessitate further major transitions towards sustainable IWRM. This holds for all aspects of the water cycle: water quality, water quantity, water supply and sanitation, coping with extreme weather events (floods and droughts), as well as for the protection of the sources of water, i.e. ecosystem conservation. Istanbul is a place where problems emerge and solutions need to be found. The time window available to do this is rapidly closing. As such, this review of IWRM of Istanbul confirms the conclusions of the World Economic Forum that water 123Environ Dev Sustain (2016) 18:1-17 DOI 10.1007 supply is one of the top three global risks for both the impact and likelihood. Our framework has been applied for nearly 40 cities, and the results for Istanbul are discussed in the broader context of recent initiatives on water governance and smart cities by the European Commission.

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