Sanliurfa Water Supply System

Country: Turkey

Water shortage had become a problem critical to the well-being of the population and the development of the fast growing city of Sanliurfa (population greater than one million). Several financiers were implementing projects in the water supply system of the region, e.g.  a tunnel diverting water from the Ataturk reservoir for irrigation and water supply purpose and a raw water intake and treatment plant with a capacity of 300,000m³/day. Works on the above projects had already commenced and therefore measures had to be implemented urgently in the water distribution system of the town itself.

A complete new water supply system was financed and implemented through this project. This comprised water treatment, transmission and distribution networks. The transmission system consisted of 5 new reservoirs, each of a volume of 20.000 m3, 35 km of primary distribution mains, cathodic protection equipment and 4 pumping stations, with an installed power between 200 kW and 1.400 kW.

• Preparation of tender documents for service contracts:

• Preparation of design-build tender documents according to FIDIC and PRAG for the new water supply system for Sanliurfa Municipality