MANAGEMENT OF WATER RESOURCES IN TURKEY Zakir TURAN Ministry of Forestry and Water Affairs

1. MANAGEMENT OF WATER RESOURCESIN TURKEY Zakir TURAN Ministry of Forestry and Water Affairs 16 JULY 2014 ISPRA-ITALY

2. CONTENT • Water-relatedInstitutionsandresposibilities • Existing WaterManagementApproach • OrganizationalStructure of Ministryand DGWM • Tasks of DGWM • CompletedProjects • OngoingProjects • Determination of SensitiveAreas And Water Qualıty Objectıves On The Basıs Of Watershed In Turkey

3. WATER-RELATED INSTITUTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES IN TURKEY • Ministry of ForestryandWaterAffairs (Protectionof water resources and planning, and monitoring of water quality, flood controletc.) • Ministry of Environment andUrbanization. (Environmentallegislation and permits, inspection, enforcement, monitoringand EIA) • Ministryof Health (control the quality of the drinking water)

4. WATER-RELATED INSTITUTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES IN TURKEY • Ministryof Food, Agriculture and Livestock (Management of agricultural lands, fisheries and aquaculture legislation ) • Ministry of Culture and Tourism (water, wastewater and solid waste disposal planning of Tourist areas) • Ministry of Transport, Maritime Affairs andCommunications (Ports, all kinds coastal structures, • Ministryof ForeignAffairs

5. OVERVIEW OF EXISTING WATER MANAGEMENT IN TURKEY • Pollution prevention-oriented • Singular solution covering specific water bodies • Watermanagement approach dependon the administrative boundary • Not include all actors of Management • Lack of interinstitutional coordination

6. WHAT SHOULD BE THE WATER POLICY APPROACH? • Watershed-based water management • Protection of the ecological quality of water • Pollution prevention at source • Pollution reduction at source • Using anti-pollution technologies (cleanertechnologies) TO MEET THESE NEEDS.. On 4 July 2011 DirectorateGeneral of Water Management was established (GDWM)

7. ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF MINISTRY General Directorate for Combating Soil Erosion and Desertification General Directorate of State Hydraulic Works(SHW) MINISTRY OF FORESTRY AND WATER AFFAIRS (MFWA) Directorate General of Water Management (DGWM) TurkishWater Institute General Directorate of National Parks and Nature Conservation General Directorate of Forestry

8. TASKS OF DGWM • Improve the National Water Policy • Providing watershedbased management ofwater in Turkey • Development of Water Law and Legislation • Interinstitutional Coordination • Inventory and National Water Information System • Determining the Quality of Water Bodies • Development of Water Quality Standards • Determiningof Sensitive Areas (to N/P) andManagement • FloodandDrought Management Planning • PreparingMonitoring Program( Monitoring Stations, Parameters Periods and Methods)

9. ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF WATER MANAGEMENT DirectorateGeneral of Water Management Department of Watershed Management Department of WaterQuality Management Inventory andResearchDepartment Department of Monitoring and WaterInformation System Flood and Drought Management Department Department of Water Law and Policy

10. COMPLETED PROJECTS 1-RIVER BASIN PROTECTIONPLANS (for 25 basins) • Investigation of basin'snatural, economic and social structure • EnvironmentalInfrastructureStatus (WWTP, Landfill…etc) 2-POINT SOURCEHAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES POLLUTION CONTROL PROJECT • Specific pollutantslevelsat waterresources, and discharges • EQSfor these pollutants • Proposalsfor methodologies transition to dischargestandards were developed.(DESPRO Software) • Hazardous Materials Information System (TEMBİS) was developed.

11. 3-EU TWINNING PROJECT OF CAPACITY BUILDING ON WATER QUALITY MONITORING • The legal and administrative gap analysis • Watershed basedMonitoring Program (6 pilot basins) • National Monitoring and Implementation Plan preparedaccording to WFD • Monitoring Guidance Documentwasprepared for each basin according to the WFD

12. ONGOING PROJECTS 1-Pollutıon Control Of Hazardous SubstancesFromNon Point Sources • Inventory of activesubstancessourcedfrompesticide • Monitoringof active substancesanddeterminelevelsand EQS of thesesubstancesin water 2-Detection Of Hazardous Substances in Coastal And Transitional Waters; • Inventoryof Hazardous substancessourcedfromindustries • Determinationof Hazardous substancesfromindustriesdischargingtocoastalandtransitonalwaters. • Monitoring of thesesubstancesduringoneyear • EQS andDischargestandarts

13. ONGOING PROJECTS 3-Establishment of Ecological Water Quality Evaluation System The physico-chemical, hydromorphological and biological quality elements to be monitored during a year in the 8 basins Preparation of aquatic flora and fauna species list The development of biological index 4-Capacity Building on Water Quality Monitoring (Technical Assistance Project) • The physicochemical, chemical, biological and hydromorphological monitoring studies in Büyük MenderesBasin during one-year • Determining the ecological status of the Basin by using the results of monitoring

14. ONGOING PROJECTS 5- Capacity Building for the Implementation ofFloods Directive in Turkey • Legal, institutional and technical gap analysis • Preparation of Flood Risk Maps for Western Black Sea Basin • Preparation of National Implementation Plan 6-Impact of Climate Change on Water Resources Project • Regionalclimate modelwill be formed at least three global climate models and two emissions scenarios. • For the years 2015-2100 temperature, precipitation, evaporation, projections will be prepared • The impactanalysisof climate changetodrinking water, agriculture, industry sectors and ecosystemwill be done 7-Determınatıon of SensitiveAreas And Water Quality ObjectivesOn The Basis Of Watershed In Turkey

15. AIM OF THE PROJECT Todeterminesensitive water areas in terms of water pollution, nitrate vulnerable water areasin the surface waters, nitratevulnerablezonesthataffecttheseareas,water quality objectives and measures to be taken to improve water quality in twenty five river basin in Turkey. Executive of theProject: TUBITAK Marmara Research Center Duration of the Project: 2012-2015

16. THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT • Determination of Water Bodies in surface waters • Determination of Pressures , impacts and pollution loads • (BOİ,KOİ,AKM,TN,TP, NO3,PO4) • Determination of Potential Sensitive Areas (Pressures –impacts, monitoring data, expert opinions) • Monitoring on potential sensitive areas • (DO, pH, T, TN, TP, TOC, PO4, NO3, NH4, secchi disk, klorofil-a, SS, bilogical parameters) • Determination of the reference water bodies and water quality objectives • Determination of final sensitive areas • (by monitoring data) • Determination of carrying capacity in lakes, dams in terms of nutrients • C, N, P • Determination of measures to be takenfor all water bodiesin line with the water quality objectives • (including wastewater treatment systems) • Development of water quality models for our country • Preparation of legislation, guide documents, measures program

17. WATER BODIES WAS DETERMINED WaterBodies of Konya Basin

18. SENSITIVE AND LESS SENSITIVE AREAS ALONG COASTAL AREAS (2007-2011) • MORPHOLOGY (Close / Open, Slope) • HIDROGRAPHY(Flow /Waterexchange) • MARINE WATER QUALITY (Trixİndex, O2 saturation, Clorophyil-a, Secchi Disk) • LAND BASE POLLUTION SOURCES

19. Determination of PotentialSensitiveWaterAreas • Morphological and geographical features • Pressuresand impacts, • Hydro-dynamic properties, • Bio-chemical properties, • Pollutionloads on the basis of wastewater sources and water quality monitoring data, • SWAT ModellingandCarlson Index

20. Monitoring on Potential Sensitive Areas

21. Conclusions With the completion of the project, • Sensitive water areas and nitrate vulnerable water areasand nitrate vulnerable zones will be determined • Measures that need to be taken for improvement of water quality and control of the pollution of point and diffuse sources will be assessed. • Regulations, guide documents will be prepared.

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