The signing ceremony of the Water Quality Monitoring in Sakarya Basin and Capacity Building of DSI Project between TÜBİTAK MAM and DSI General Directorate was held on Wednesday, June 14, 2017 at DSI General Directorate with the participation of Mr. Murat ACU, Deputy Director General of DSI, Assoc. Prof. Dr. İlker Murat Ar, Vice President of TÜBİTAK, Dr. Selma Ayaz, Director of TÜBİTAK MAM Environment and Cleaner Production Institute and other representatives of both institutions.
During the signing ceremony, Dr. Selma Ayaz, Director of TÜBİTAK MAM Environment and Cleaner Production Institute, gave a brief information about the project work.
Water Quality Monitoring in Sakarya Basin and Capacity Building of DSI Project Information Note:
The project aims to monitor water quality in the Sakarya Basin within the framework of the Basin Monitoring Program prepared in accordance with the requirements of the "Regulation on the Monitoring of Surface and Groundwater" and to evaluate all data obtained according to the relevant legislation.
Within the framework of the Basin Monitoring Program prepared in accordance with the requirements of the "Regulation on the Monitoring of Surface and Ground Waters" in the Sakarya Basin, the project consists of sampling from surveillance (preliminary) monitoring and protected area monitoring points, measurement and analysis of the requested parameters, evaluation and reporting of all monitoring results according to the relevant legislation, and entering them into the DSİ SVT-Water Quality Module with their coordinates on basin basis, In case the "National Water Information System" is commissioned, ensuring the transfer of data to this system via SVT, providing theoretical and practical trainings to DSİ personnel on physical, chemical, biological and hydromorphological analysis and monitoring within the scope of this work, including sampling, determining the current status of the infrastructures of DSİ General Directorate and DSİ Regional Directorate within the scope of the work and making short, medium and long term planning.
