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Communiqué on Technical Personnel Working in Waste Water Treatment Plants: As a result of
the “Project for Determining the Current Situation of Domestic / Urban Waste Water Treatment
Plants across the Country and Identifying the Need for Revision” carried out by the MoEUCC in
2016, the importance of the employment of qualified personnel in order to ensure the operation
of waste water treatment plants in accordance with the legislation has been seen and the need
for a By-law in this direction has emerged. As a result of these studies, “Communiqué on Techni-
cal Personnel Working in Waste Water Treatment Plants” was prepared and entered into force
after being published in the Official Gazette dated 23/05/2019 and numbered 30782.
Facility supervisor certificates are issued to the trainees who are successful in the exams held
as a result of the training, and a total of 8,481 facility supervisor certificates were issued until the
end of 2023.
Wastewater Information System Circular (2020/17): With the “Wastewater Treatment Plants
Identity Certificate Circular No. 2015/6” published on 05/05/2015, all wastewater treatment
plants in Türkiye whose wastewater is discharged to the receiving environment or recycled
were given an identity certificate. The Circular was repealed and replaced by the 2020/17 Waste
Water Information System Circular dated 15/06/2020. In this context, Waste Water Treatment
Plant Energy Incentive and Waste Water Treatment Plant Identity Certificate issuance processes
have been integrated into the Waste Water Information System.
Communiqué on Continuous Wastewater Monitoring Systems: With Continuous Wastewater
Monitoring Systems, 420 wastewater treatment plants are monitored 24/7 instantaneously and
data are collected and evaluated in the data centre of the MoEUCC.
The parameters being monitored are physical parameters such as pH, conductivity, tempera-
ture, dissolved oxygen and flow rate, as well as COD and AKM parameters. However, in addition
to the existing monitoring practice in the basins, studies have been completed to be applied to
facilities with a capacity of less than 10,000 m /day, and the Communiqué Amending the Com-
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muniqué on Continuous Wastewater Monitoring Systems was published in the Official Gazette
dated 16 July 2019 and numbered 30833 and entered into force. The obligation to install a conti-
nuous wastewater monitoring system, which is currently valid for wastewater treatment plants
with an installed capacity of 10,000 m /day and above, has been made mandatory for plants
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with an installed capacity of 5,000 m /day and above with the newly published communiqué.
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Within the scope of the Communiqué, automatic sampling devices are installed in the facilities
where COD and AKM parameters are monitored according to the warning received in case of
limit exceedances and the system is used for early warning purposes. Samples taken in case of
limit exceedances are taken under the supervision of Provincial Directorates of Environment, Ur-
banization and Climate Change and sent to authorised laboratories and necessary legal actions
are initiated. User names and passwords are defined to both facilities and Provincial Directorates
for access to the system via internet and data are accessed via continuous monitoring centre
web software (sim.csb.gov.tr).
Circular on the Implementation of the Marmara Sea Action Plan (2021/12): “Circular on the
Implementation of the Marmara Sea Action Plan” dated 07.06.2021 and numbered 2021/12 was
published by the MoEUCC on 07/06/2021 in order to ensure that the works to eliminate the
pollution in the Marmara Sea are carried out in an effective and coordinated manner. With the
Circular, it was instructed to carry out the works for the removal and disposal of mucilage in
a coordinated manner at the highest level under the coordination of the Governorates with
the participation of responsible institutions / organizations, local administrations, unions and
non-governmental organizations and to support the works with all personnel, machinery, equ-
ipment and similar facilities.
Presidential Circular on the Establishment of the Marmara Sea Action Plan Coordination Board
(2021/10): The Marmara Sea Action Plan Coordination Board was established on 13 June with
the Presidential Circular No. 2021/10 in order to complete the works envisaged within the fra-
mework of the Marmara Sea Action Plan within the specified periods, to carry out the necessary

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