No Water Issue in Turkey, There is a Water Investment Issue

10.09.2008 Radikal

ISTANT - Minister of Environment and Forest Veysel Eroğlu, "There is no water shortage in Turkey. The investment said that investments cannot be produced in time. Eroğlu the Account ‘Su Management Conference’ held by TÜSİAD yesterday. “(About Water) I think that the private sector has been hit,” according to the information that Minister Eroğlu gave, there is a $25 billion hydroelectric power plant in Turkey, 20 billion dollars of irrigation and 5 billion in drinking water. Eroğlu, who, in particular in the regions where the population is concentrated, studied all water sources from Düzce to Edirne and a master plan, draws a Turkish panaroma as follows:

The cost of leaving a city strain about 20 times of the cost of watering to the city. 1 million 200 thousand buildings in Istanbul have a need of 600 thousand storages in order to store 50 percent of buildings in the possible thirst. The cost of a storage is 20 thousand USD. So the total cost is too much than water to the city.

[Special sector 1400 hydroelectric power plant for

Hidroelectric power plants installed the special sector. There is a reference to build 1400 hydropower plants of the private sector. The foundation of 61 was lagged out. 20-30 pcs will be opened until the end of the year. We expect special sector investments in drinking and using water supply of hydropower plants as well as cities. Our food is suitable.

]]“Water flows, going to flow”]

] was a huge drought in 2007. Despite the fact that there is no big hunger in 2008, there was a huge span from last year. When you manage the water resources in a plan, Turkey does not have any time drinking, using and industrial water shortage, but of course, investments should be done in this regard. In the past, think about the state of Istanbul before our Prime Minister of the number is the major city of Istanbul, but today, think that water flows on each side. Water flows, going to flow.

]]]]'No arsenic problem in Afyonkarahisar]

Afyonkarahisar Municipality asked the Ministry of Health to be written in several wells 10 micrograms/liters (the limit value accepted in Turkey) to be higher and what to do in this regard. Town closed these wells. In less than 10 micrograms by moving well waters, push ringed with the arsenic level of 7 micrograms/liters. Akdeğirmen dams built in Afhonkarahisar will open on October 29,. This will not be given to the areas such as drinking water with underground waters. If there is such a situation in Izmir and hide from the public, I went to such a pole as I am also the Argentinehisar nation. There is no problem in Afyonkarahisar. The average of arsenic rate in drinking water is under 10 micrograms/liters.

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