Water Management in Turkey Nermin ÇİÇEK Ministry for the Forest and Water Affairs DG Water Management DG Water Management.

Water Management in Turkey

Nermin ÇİÇEK Ministry for the Forest and Water

Affairs DG Water Management

Turkey’s water challenge

Estimated national water body status, 2009

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High

Good

Moderate

Poor

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During the precidency of Sweden beginning of negotiations for

Environment - Chapter 27 officially declared at the “Intergovernmental Accession Conference” which took place in Brussel, December 21st,

2009.

Turkey as EU candidate member

Closing benchmarks

Two closing benchmarks for water: • Transposition of WFD• River basin management plans

for 25 river basins

Revising the existing legislation

Environmental Law/By-Law on Water Pollution Control

New legislation*

Harmonization of WFD

• Water Law*• By-law on River Basin protection (Draft)*

ORGANIZATION

River basins in Turkey

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Waste Water Treatment Action Plan

River Basin Protection Action Plans

River Basin Management Plans

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Akarçay RBPAP

Büyük Menderes RBMP

WWTAP

MINISTRY OF ENVİRONMENT AND FORESTRY

DG Environment Management

MINISTRY OF ENVİRONMENT AND FORESTRY

DG Environment Management

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Basin Protection Action Plans are being prepared. 11 basins are completed, 5 basins are being updated, 9 basins are

started. They will set basis for the River Basin Management Plans which will be prepared in the context of Water Framework

Directive

BASIN PROTECTION ACTION PLANS

Started in the last quarter of 2011Will be revisedWill be finished

EXAMPLE ERGENE RIVER BASIN

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Determination of Special Provision studies are being conducted for the protection of drinking

water basins.

DETERMINATION OF SPECIAL PROVISION STUDIES IN TURKEY

COMPLETEDCONTINUEDUNDER CONTRACT PROCESSPLANNED

TRAINING WITH CERTIFICATE IS CARRIED OUT BY THE COORDINATION OF WWF AND GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF WATER

MANAGEMENT

We are struggling with water loss and leakage, developing standards, passing to certificate phase.

Important steps for the reuse of treated domestic wastewater.

The project (750.000 Euro) is being started with Afyonkarahisar Municipality under the scope of

Holland bilateral cooperation studies.

STUDIES FOR REUSE OF TREATED DOMESTIC WASTEWATER IN IRRIGATION

WATER FOOTPRINT STUDIES IN TURKEY

WATER EFFICIENCY

IPA-2011 Project on the Conversion of River Basin

Protection Action Plans into River Basin Management Plans

• Budget : 6.660.000 Euro• Duration : 3 years • Beneficiary : Ministry of Forestry and Water

Affairs • Purpose : Meriç Basin, Susurluk Basin, Akarçay

Basin, Büyük Menderes Basin and Konya Closed Basin

Project titled “Capacity Building on Water Quality Monitoring” was submitted to the Component I of

IPA for the Programming Year 2009.UNDER THE SCOPE OF

4.000.000 EURO EU TWINNING PROJECT

INBÜYÜKMENDERES

ERGENESUSURLUKSAKARYAAKARÇAYBASINS

DETERMINATION OF MEASURING STATIONS,

PARAMETERS WHICH WILL BE MEASURED

AND MEASUREMENT INTERVALS

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WE ARE PROVIDING BASIN WIDE TRAININGS

39 persons are received certificate in Training of Trainers Project.

60 persons are received certificate in Water Footprint Training

Basin management training is given to municipalities.

NGO pool is formed. TAIEX application about

water economy is confirmed. Negotiation training is done.

TIME TABLE

Action Year Remarks

1 Designation of River Basin Districts

2012 25 basins have already been defined.

2 Start preparing the Article 5 Reports for River Basins

After 2013 River Basin Protection Action Plans (RBPAP) will set the basis for Article 5 reports

3 Start preparing the river basin management plans

After 2014

4 Start of implementation of river basin management plans

After 2015

5 Achievement of “good water status”

2027 Depends on the actual challenges in the basins.

2027(EU) 2033

4. RBMP TURKEY

2021(EU) 2027

3. RBMP

Many Member States will achieve good status at this date

2015(EU) 2021

2. RBMP

2009(EU)2015

1. RBMP

Implementation dates foreseen by the Directive

Exemptions

RBMP TIME TABLE

policy making and-implementation

integrated

policy making and-implementation

separated

concentration of tasks atnational level

concentration of tasks atregional level

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