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Law No. 2872, works are carried out for the disposal of wastewater generated as a result of all
kinds of activities, the protection of existing water quality and the prevention of water pollution
in a manner compatible with sustainable development goals in order to protect the potential of
groundwater and surface water resources and to ensure the best use of them.
The By-law regulates the following matters:

y Principles on Water Protection;
y Principles of Direct Discharge of Wastewater to Sewerage Systems and Receiving Environ-
ment;
y Domestic/Industrial Wastewater Discharge Standards;

y Deep Sea Discharge Criteria, Wastewater Treatment Plant Project Approval;
y Prohibitions on pollution of lakes, groundwater, seas;

y Reuse of Treated Wastewater;
y Principles of Taking and Evaluation of Composite Samples;

y Monitoring, Inspection, Enforcement.
In WPCR, industries are grouped according to their production types and sixteen sectors are for-
med and receiving environment discharge standards are determined for each sector. In the dis-
charge of wastewater from these sectors to the receiving environment, receiving environment
discharge standards are regulated between Table 5 and Table 20 in the annex of WPCR, and the
enterprises producing industrial wastewater are obliged to provide the values in the table of the
sector to which they are affiliated in the discharge of their wastewater to the receiving environ-
ment.

In addition, in order to protect our water resources within the framework of the developing and
changing conditions of the day, the By-law on Water Pollution Control (WPCR) was amended
and the “By-law on Amendments to Water Pollution Control” was published in the Official Ga-
zette dated 17 December 2022 and numbered 32046 and entered into force.

With the amendment made to Article 43 of the By-law on Water Pollution Control, the obli-
gation to prepare a treatment sludge management plan in accordance with circular economy
principles has been introduced by the administrations of wastewater infrastructure facilities
and operators of individual industrial facilities.
In this context, the amendments made to the By-law on Water Pollution Control include reuse
of treated wastewater and making reuse up to 10% compulsory in municipalities, action plan
for treatment sludge management, industrial wastewater monitoring for municipal wastewa-
ter treatment plants, management of wastewater from health institutions, dredging in lakes,
monitoring of groundwater pollution, By-laws on deep sea discharge and technical By-laws for
implementation.

By-law on Wastewater Treatment Plant Energy Incentive: Pursuant to Article 29 of the Envi-
ronmental Law, the “By-law on the Procedures and Principles to be followed in Benefiting from
Incentive Measures for Wastewater Treatment Plants” was published in the Official Gazette da-
ted 01/10/2010 and numbered 27716 and entered into force. In order to ensure the effective
operation of wastewater treatment plants and to improve the water quality of the receiving
environment and to protect natural resources, the By-law was amended and the “By-law on
Wastewater Treatment Plant Energy Incentive” was published in the Official Gazette dated 11/11
/2023 and numbered 32366 and entered into force.

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