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Directorate General for European Union and Foreign Relations Bulletin
SITE VISIT TO POLATLI WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT
Aytaç Yüksel, General Manager of European Union and Foreign Relations of Ministry of Environ-
ment, Urbanization and Climate Change and Head of Operating Structure, and Dr. Ismail Raci Ba-
yer, Head of EU Investments Department and Director of IPA, visited the Polatlı Wastewater Facility,
the construction of which was completed within the scope of the IPA I period Environmental Ope-
rational Program.
Within the scope of the project with a budget of approximately 16.5 million Euros, 3 contracts were signed:
technical assistance and consultancy service contract, wastewater treatment plant and wastewater col-
lection network and collector line construction and equipment supply.
Polatlı Wastewater Treatment The capacity of the Polatlı Wastewater Treatment Plant is 19,872 m3/
Plant consists of an approxi- day at the first stage (2025 year). The Treatment Plant consists of physi-
mately 83 km long wastewa- cal treatment (Coarse Screen, Inlet Pumping Station, Fine Screen, Oil and
ter sewerage collector line, a Sand Trap), biological treatment (long aeration tanks and final settling
wastewater collection network tanks) and sludge dewatering units. Carbon and nitrogen removal is ac-
and 3 septic tanks. hieved by treatment.
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