Water supply

A series of beautiful, simple houses with roofs that look like those we see in children's drawings. Open spaces, sun, signs of the coming spring in most fields - some of which still look like small stagnant lakes. Nothing is missing from the landscape except the human presence.

Year after year, the pressure increases. On the one hand, there is the explosive growth of tourism, followed by an increase in consumption; on the other, there is drought. The small Aegean islands are preparing for the start of the tourist season with their reservoirs empty, their boreholes pumping brackish water, and an increasing dependence on desalination.

Türkiye is faced with the danger of losing some 20 percent of its water resources by 2030, which will pose a significant risk to its food supply, according to a study by the Agriculture and Forestry Ministry.

The report studied how climate change would affect the country's underground and surface water resources by 2100.

Dutch post-disaster advisers support the idea of diverting River Acheloos in Epirus as "the most sustainable solution" to alleviate the water scarcity problem that is threatening agricultural production in the Thessaly region of central Greece.

In essence, the life of a pirate was far from luxurious, particularly concerning hygiene and sanitation

The Ministry of Environment and Energy is opening the way to reduce energy costs for vulnerable households, local authorities, municipal water supply and sewerage companies etc with a legislative regulation for the implementation of the Apollo program.

The implementation of smart farming strategies involving night irrigation and rainwater harvesting techniques to combat agricultural drought has led to enhanced efficiency and increased yields in Turkish farms.

In response to hazardous contamination in the water supply network, the island of Zakynthos was declared in a state of emergency by the Secretary-General of Civil Protection Vasilis Papageorgiou on Monday. 

The year 2023 has gone down as the year with the highest water consumption in Istanbul's history.

Istanbul Municipality subsidiary General Directorate of Istanbul Water and Sewerage Administration (İSKİ) provided a total of 1.117 billion cubic meters of water to the city in 2023, breaking water consumption records.

Around the middle of November, Israel’s army completed the set-up of at least five pumps that could move thousands of cubic meters of water per hour