Roof Top Water harvesting in Beypazari, Turkey
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Project Title | Roof Top Water Harvesting in Beypazari, Turkey
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Type | Water Supply and Sanitation
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Financing | Total: $300,000;
Sources of Financing: UNDP-Coca Cola Water Partnership (Coke: 20; UNDP: 5) |
Timeframe | 2007 - 2009
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Status | Ongoing
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Description
Access to safe and reliable drinking water sources is a major issue for rural-poor communities in many areas in Turkey such as Central Anatolia Plateau. People use ground or reservoir water for drinking and domestic purposes.
One of the most remote of these areas is Tekke Kuyumcu Village in Ankara Beypazarı. Due to scarcity of water resources in the village, water is only provided to the village for one hour each day, this duration decreases to only half an hour in summer. Moreover, there is no ground water in the district, which prevents the construction of other water systems. The only available option for villages to access water is by using the depots that are far from the city and fetching this water from long distances puts a burden on women and children.
Roof top water Harvesting Project is design to bring a new and alternative water resource to the Tekke Kuyumcu Village. The " Roof Top Water Harvesting" is basically the practice of collecting the rain-water that falls on a roof before the water reaches the ground. It offers a new and alternative reliable source of water for domestic uses and its quality can be maintained with moderate efforts.
Roof Top Water Harvesting System has considerable potential as a source of alternative water supply where other sources of water are either not available or too expensive. The system is also suitable for areas such as Central Anatolia Plateau-with average annual rainfall about 400 mm, where other sources of freshwater are not easily accessible and rural communities face hardship to fetch the water most of the time round the year.
The objective of the project is to increase the access to safe drinking water in the region through the rainwater harvesting method. Moreover, this system leads to the promotion of reliable and safe water supply to the rural communities through demonstration/dissemination of rainwater harvesting technologies with rural communities at household and community levels.
- Project outcomes
- Dissemination of results and rainwater harvesting concept
Expected Outcomes
Achievements: Results and Impact
Lessons for Replication
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See also
- Water Supply and Usage Improvement in Saray, Turkey
- The Case of the Water Framework Directive and Irrigation in Mediterranean Agriculture
- Supporting Mediterranean Monk Seal friendly traditional fishing in Samandag (Hatay), Turkey
- Regional Partnership for Prevention of Transboundary Degradation of the Kura-Aras River
- Reducing Transboundary Degradation in the Kura/Aras River Basin
- Promoting Replication of Good Practices for Nutrient Reduction and Joint Collaboration in Central and Eastern Europe
- International Black Sea Day
- Integrated River Basin Management in the Maritsa River Basin
- Country Evaluation: Assessment of Development Results Turkey
- Control of eutrophication, hazardous substances and related measures for rehabilitating the Black Sea ecosystem
- Capacity and Community Building for Industrial Water Stewardship in the Danube/Black Sea region
