State Hydraulic Works (DSI) Acting General Manager Kaya Yıldız said, "With our population of 83.6 million, we are currently in a position that suffers from water stress with the amount of water per capita of 1,339 cubic meters."
The 'Parliamentary Research Commission', which was established in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey with the aim of minimizing the effects of global climate change, combating drought and determining the measures to be taken for the efficient use of water resources, convened under the Presidency of Veysel Eroğlu.
Kaya Yıldız, Deputy General Manager of State Hydraulic Works, who participated in the commission, talked about the activities of DSI and especially the studies on global climate change.
Explaining that the arid and semi-arid climate zone increases the pressure on the water, Yıldız made the following assessments:
* Climate change, what we call global warming, is putting increasing pressure on the spatial and temporal distribution of water to the hydrological cycle.
* Again, related to climate change and water resources management, climate is an asset that affects many sectors such as health, energy and transportation and requires their activities and planning, and is also an influential factor in future plans.
“WE ARE IN THE COUNTRY WITH WATER STRESS”
Pointing out that natural disasters have also increased, Yıldız used the following statements about the annual precipitation average:
* The average annual precipitation of 574 millimeters is currently used in our country. Our total annual precipitation as our water potential is 450 billion cubic meters. Our usable water potential is 112 billion cubic meters, including 18 billion cubic meters of underground water reserves.
* With a population of 83.6 million, we are currently a country that suffers from water stress with 1,339 cubic meters of water per capita. We currently use 57.7 billion cubic meters of 112 billion cubic meters.
