There are two main water issues experienced in Turkey; Flood and Drought. These naturaldisasters can result in social and economic damages. Scientifi c studies point out that as aresult of the global warming and climate change, water related natural disasters in manycountries have been occurring with more destructive power and in larger scales than thosehappened in the past. These unpleasant occurrences add to the burden of water administrationin the semiarid zones such as in Turkey.Since droughts may occur from time to time in Turkey necessary precautions are to be takenagainst drought. Seven years ago, between 2005, 2006 and 2007, Turkey had diffi cultyin meeting the domestic and industrial water need of metropolitan cities such as Istanbul,Ankara, and Izmir. So as to not to face similar problem, DSI has been developing new watersupply projects.
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