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C.1.3.7 Deep Sea Discharge

In the deep sea discharge of industrial wastewater (cooling waters, concentrated brines, etc.)
and domestic wastewater with a wastewater capacity of more than 5,000 m /day, the dilution
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and modelling criteria specified in the Water Pollution Control By-law must be complied with,
and it is necessary to apply to the MoEUCC for project approval within the scope of the Was-
tewater Treatment/Deep Sea Discharge Plant Project Approval Circular No. 2018/14.
On the other hand, for the discharge of industrial wastewater with a wastewater capacity of less
than 5,000 m /day into the sea, discharge can be made from the shore, except for bathing water
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areas, by ensuring dilution in a circular boundary with a radius of 75 metres from the discharge
point.

C.1.3.8. Environmental Management of Shipyards
With the “By-law on Environmental Management of Shipyards, Boat Building and Towing Hou-
ses”, which entered into force after being published in the Official Gazette dated 07/12/2022
and numbered 32036, the procedures and principles regarding the environmental management
of pollutants that are generated as a result of construction, modification and / or maintenance
and repair activities in shipyards, boat building and towing yards operating in the coastal areas
of Türkiye and that cause marine pollution and ecosystem destruction in the long term by accu-
mulating on the seabed are determined.

Within the scope of the By-law, there are shipbuilding, maintenance-repair and yacht, boat
construction and maintenance-repair facilities of 20 metres or more that are subject to Envi-
ronmental Permit Licence, and in order to reduce the negative impacts of these facilities on
the marine environment, clean production techniques including the following issues have been
determined.
y Prevention of emissions during blasting and painting processes,
y Removal of waste from ships before maintenance,

y Collecting wastewater in the facility area and preventing it from reaching the sea without
treatment,

y Energy efficiency.
Since infrastructure investments are required for the implementation of cleaner producti-
on techniques, a transition period is foreseen and these techniques will be implemented as of
01.01.2025. At the same time, sea water quality will be monitored annually in the sea areas where
the facilities are located to determine the contribution of cleaner production techniques to the
marine environment.
C.2. Quality of Water Resources

The main reasons for the deterioration of the quality of water resources in Türkiye are the
over-exploitation of natural resources, untreated domestic and industrial wastewater reaching
water resources as a result of unplanned and rapid industrialisation and unplanned urbaniza-
tion, inadequate capacity and technology of existing wastewater treatment plants, inefficient
transmission and agricultural activities. The basic approach in the protection of water resources
should be the prevention of pollution. Measures to be taken after the sources are polluted are
more difficult and expensive. Therefore, control of pollution sources is of great importance in
terms of effective water quality management and achieving the goal of good water quality.

On 21/12/2009, within the scope of the Environment Chapter including the “Water Quality Sec-

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