Friday, June 27, 2008

Drought and negligence threaten Turkey’s lakes, rivers

"Drought and negligence threaten Turkey’s lakes, rivers

Turkey has suffered a dramatic fall in the level of its potable water supply in recent months, with the water level in dams dropping alarmingly low and major rivers and lakes, particularly in central Anatolia, beginning to dry up. Experts say that unregulated irrigation, together with pollution and global warming, are to blame for the country's looming water shortage, which may pose threats both economic and natural. Officials are urging citizen s to take measures for water conservation in the hope of mitigating the effects of what increasingly appears
to be a drought, perhaps a severe one."

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