In a bid to better manage Türkiye’s water resources, the Agriculture and Forestry Ministry has initiated a project to create digital atlases mapping a total of 270 stagnant water bodies, including dams and artificial ponds currently being constructed.
These water resources will be digitized in a geographic information system (GIS) center.
“Drinking water basin and sub-basin boundaries will be updated within the scope of the project,” Minister İbrahim Yumaklı said, noting that Beyşehir Lake has been chosen as a pilot area where a field study has been launched.
“Around 70 stagnant water sources, river branches feeding the water sources and the boundaries of basins will be digitized with hydrological analyses with the geographic information system.”
The minister highlighted that the atlases will be printed in 100 copies, numbered between 1923-2023, commemorating the 100th anniversary of Türkiye’s foundation.
“The change of water resources from past to present, along with cultural and historical information, will be revealed in order to be passed on to future generations in the atlases.”