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'Bad days await': Istanbul dams run low in summer heat

The capacity level to which Istanbul's water reservoirs have dropped after another steamy summer put Turkey's largest city on the edge of a potential catastrophe.

An aerial view taken in Istanbul on August 29, 2023 shows boats on the partially dried up Terkos dam. /AFP
By: NewVision Reporter, Journalists @NewVision

The bank of screens in Ismail Aydin's Istanbul water management system control room flashes a worrying number: 29.7 per cent.

That is the capacity level to which Istanbul's water

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Istanbul
Water reservoirs
Summer
Dry dams