This year, as a result of a decrease in precipitation in the Marmara region of Türkiye, the average water occupancy in reservoirs supplying water to Istanbul dropped to 29.7%, the lowest level in 9 years, the Istanbul Water and Sewerage Administration (ISKI), Report informs.
The Administration stated that although the capacity of the dams is 868,683,000 cubic meters, they currently have 258,068,000 cubic meters of water, which can supply Istanbul with drinking water for about 2 months.
According to the report published by ISKI, the dam occupancy rates averaged 69.6% in 2015, 53.3% in 2016, 63.1% in 2017, 62.8% in 2018, 2019- 59.7% in 2020, 47.9% in 2020, 58.6% in 2021, and 58.9% in 2022.
The last time this rate fell below 30% was 29.8% on November 2, 2020.