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In order not to increase pollution in seas or lakes, untreated water should
not be discharged into these environments and the flow of sea water should
be increased if possible. Due to the fact that the Marmara Sea is an enclosed
inland sea, the water flow takes place only through the Çanakkale and Istanbul
Straits. Polluted waters are discharged into the Marmara Sea directly and/or
indirectly through various ways. The Sea of Marmara had the ability to clean
itself up to the present day due to the water currents from the Çanakkale and
Istanbul Straits. However, recently, the pollutants in the Marmara Sea have
enhanced due to the increase in industrialization, population, marine traffic in
the region, as well as fertilizers and pesticides used in agricultural activities.
These pollution increases are above the self-cleaning capacity of the sea, and
the pollution of the sea is unavoidable. For this reason, it is of vital importance
not to discharge wastewater into the sea and to increase controls in agricultural
activities and ship traffic in order to solve the environmental problems of the
Sea of Marmara. In addition, providing clean water to the sea through natural
or artificial waterways should be investigated in order to increase the water
flow of the Sea of Marmara and to dilute the water pollution.

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