Water Resources
Turkey has an area of 799 500 km2and a population of 63.4
million.
The total means annual precipitation volume is 501 km3, of
which 186.05 km3 is runoff.
The General Directorate of State hydraulic Works (DSI) is
in charge of water resources: it has 26 regional Directorates.
The total number of large dams in operation, higher than 15
m, is 461. The total storage volume of all dams in Turkey
is 111.8 km3. There are 207 large dams under construction.
The largest ones include Topcam (122 m high), Dim Dim (135
m ), Kigi (168 m )and Atasu (118m), Hydropower is an integrated
function at many of Turkey's water resources development projects.
Per capita water consumption is 540 m3/person/year total and
85 m3/person/year for domestic consumption.
The ministry of Environment ids responsible for environmental
issues and is the co-ordinating body for energy projects.
The 1993 Regulation on Environmental Impact Assessment requests
an EIA for new investments. Including powerplants which will
have a reservoir capacity of more than 0.1 km3.
The main domestic civil contractors for dams and hydro projects
include AATA. ERG, Kiska, Dogus , Limak, Gris, MNG, Nurol.
Ozzaltin. Gunsayin, Aaydincr, Yucelen, Gama and Yuksel.
Energy and power
sectors
Hydropower development
Future outlook 
