Journal of Ecosystem & Ecography
Open Access

Opinion Article

Interbasin Water Transfer Practices in Turkey

¹Department of Environmental Engineering, Abant Izzet Baysal University Bolu, Turkey

²IGEM Research & Consultation Company, Istanbul, Turkey

*Corresponding Author:

Nusret Karakaya
Department of Environmental Engineering
Abant Izzet Baysal University Bolu, Turkey
Tel: +90-374-2541000
E-mail: karakaya_n@ibu.edu.tr

Received date: October 08, 2014; Accepted date: October 12, 2014; Published date: October 15, 2014

Citation: Nusret Karakaya, Evrendilek F, Ethem Gonenc I (2014) Interbasin Water Transfer Practices in Turkey. J Ecosys Ecograph 4: 149. doi:10.4172/2157-7625.1000149

Copyright: © 2014 Nusret Karakaya, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Since some watersheds do not have the potential to meet growing and conflicting water demands of socioeconomic systems in Turkey, various inter-basin water transfer schemes are currently operated or under construction to meet water requirements for drinking, irrigation, industrial use, and hydroelectric power production. Transfer of water, one of the interconnected components of an ecosystem, from a given watershed to another brings along the need for a sound analysis and evaluation of environmental, social and economic issues. This opinion article explores environmental and socio-economic implications of inter-basin water transfers for sustainability of water resources as well as solutions to issues being faced in Turkey.

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