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Vulnerability of the Drinking Water Supplies of Istanbul Metropolitan City: Current Status and Future Prospects
Abstract Istanbul is a metropolitan city situated uniquely at the crossroads between Europe and Asia with a population around 13 million. Approximately 95% of the water demand of the city is provided from surface water resources. Besides the limitations of the sources, rapid population growth, and urbanization are placing new stresses on water supplies. Hence, providing public utilities and services and meeting the water supply requirements of this every year growing population are critical issues. Considering the geographical status of Istanbul with a sloping topography formed by several hills and valleys, natural landscape forming processes such as soil erosion, sediment mobilizations, transport and deposit of mass movements are potential threats to the drinking water supplies and reservoirs. This paper addresses the current status of the main drinking water supplies of Istanbul which are provided by Elmali, Buyukcekmece and Omerli water reservoirs located on the eastern and western parts of the Bosphorous strait. Samples collected from the drinking water supplies were analyzed in terms of their chemical and spectroscopic properties and data were comparatively presented in order to set a general profile of the major water quality parameters. Furthermore, the precautions to preserve the present state and the preventive measures to counteract contaminants from the water resources are discussed according to the considerations of the water quality parameters.
Vulnerability of the Drinking Water Supplies of Istanbul Metropolitan City: Current Status and Future Prospects
Abstract Istanbul is a metropolitan city situated uniquely at the crossroads between Europe and Asia with a population around 13 million. Approximately 95% of the water demand of the city is provided from surface water resources. Besides the limitations of the sources, rapid population growth, and urbanization are placing new stresses on water supplies. Hence, providing public utilities and services and meeting the water supply requirements of this every year growing population are critical issues. Considering the geographical status of Istanbul with a sloping topography formed by several hills and valleys, natural landscape forming processes such as soil erosion, sediment mobilizations, transport and deposit of mass movements are potential threats to the drinking water supplies and reservoirs. This paper addresses the current status of the main drinking water supplies of Istanbul which are provided by Elmali, Buyukcekmece and Omerli water reservoirs located on the eastern and western parts of the Bosphorous strait. Samples collected from the drinking water supplies were analyzed in terms of their chemical and spectroscopic properties and data were comparatively presented in order to set a general profile of the major water quality parameters. Furthermore, the precautions to preserve the present state and the preventive measures to counteract contaminants from the water resources are discussed according to the considerations of the water quality parameters.
Vulnerability of the Drinking Water Supplies of Istanbul Metropolitan City: Current Status and Future Prospects
Uyguner, Ceyda Senem (author)
2009-01-01
10 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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