Construction of Dikili Advanced Biological Wastewater Treatment Facility continues

Izmir Metropolitan Municipality continues the city's environmental and infrastructure investments in line with the needs of the districts. The Advanced Biological Wastewater Treatment Facility, which is under construction in Dikili by İZSU General Directorate, will meet an important infrastructure need that the district has been waiting for for years. The facility, which was implemented taking into account the development of Dikili, whose population increases significantly especially in the summer months and where second homes are concentrated, will strengthen the wastewater infrastructure of the district. The facility will have a daily capacity of 41 thousand 400 cubic meters; It will be equipped with advanced biological treatment technology as well as UV disinfection and odor removal systems. Within the scope of the project, approximately 8 kilometers of wastewater transmission line will be built. Sülüklü Stream will be rehabilitated, and rainwater and sewer lines will also be renewed. Thus, it is aimed to improve the quality of the water purified and discharged into the sea, to protect the marine ecosystem and the environment, and to contribute to public health.

“AN IMPORTANT DEFICIENCY OF DİKİLİ WILL BE FOLLOWED”

İZSU General Manager Gürkan Erdoğan, who examined the construction of Dikili Advanced Biological Wastewater Treatment Facility together with Dikili Mayor Adil Kırgöz, stated that significant investments have been made in İzmir's wastewater treatment infrastructure in the last two years.

Stating that the 4th Phase of the Çiğli Advanced Biological Wastewater Treatment Plant has been completed and put into operation, and that capacity increases have been made in the Torbalı and Ayrancılar-Yazıbaşı facilities, Erdoğan said, "We have achieved a 27.6 percent increase in the annual wastewater treatment capacity of Izmir with the facilities we have commissioned so far. The Dikili Advanced Biological Wastewater Treatment Plant, which we are currently under construction, will be the third largest treatment facility in Izmir when completed. "With the commissioning of Dikili and Yenişakran facilities, our capacity increase will reach 32.63 percent. This is a very significant increase in terms of Izmir's environmental infrastructure," he said.

“İZMİR PURIFICATION CONTINUES ITS LEADERSHIP”

Stating that the Dikili investment is a project that the district has been waiting for a long time, Erdoğan said, "It was an important deficiency of the district. The work continues at full speed. We hope to open the Dikili Advanced Biological Wastewater Treatment Plant in about a year together with the people of Dikili. Izmir has never lost its quality of being a pioneer in environmental investments. It continues its leadership in wastewater treatment. We are taking important steps to protect our environment and nature with new advanced biological wastewater treatment facilities." spoke.

KIRGÖZ: “A BIG LACK OF DİKİLİ WILL BE COMPLETED”

Dikili Mayor Adil Kırgöz said that the facility is one of the investments that the district has been waiting for for years. Stating that Dikili is a rapidly developing district, Kırgöz said, "Dikili Advanced Biological Wastewater Treatment Facility has been a justified demand of the people of Dikili for years, it was a major deficiency. Dikili is a popular district with a high density of second homes and growing rapidly. The lack of a treatment facility was an important deficiency. This deficiency is being eliminated with the investments of our Izmir Metropolitan Municipality and İZSU. With this investment, a major deficiency of Dikili will be completed."

INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS ARE GAINING SPEED IN DİKİLİ

Stating that Izmir Metropolitan Municipality has implemented important investments in Dikili in the last year and a half, Kırgöz also touched upon the infrastructure and transportation projects in the district.

Kırgöz said that rainwater drains and new lines were created in the city center, and the construction of the modern and comprehensive fire station has been completed. Stating that the construction tender for Dikili Bus Terminal will be held on October 5, Kırgöz stated that the construction of the animal shelter and stray animal rehabilitation center, which was built on an area of ​​approximately 70 thousand square meters, is also continuing.

Stating that widening and hot asphalt works are continuing on the approximately 15-kilometer road between Denizköy and Çandarlı, Kırgöz stated that Dikili's important infrastructure problems will be resolved with the completion of the investments.

IZMIR'S TREATMENT CAPACITY WILL INCREASE BY 32.63 PERCENT

Thanks to the 4th Phase of Çiğli Advanced Biological Wastewater Treatment Plant, which İZSU recently commissioned, and the capacity increases in Torbalı and Ayrancılar-Yazıbaşı facilities, İzmir's annual wastewater treatment capacity increased from 352 million 814 thousand cubic meters to 450 million 54 thousand cubic meters. Thus, a 27.6 percent increase in total treatment capacity was achieved.

With the commissioning of the Dikili and Aliağa Yenişakran Advanced Biological Wastewater Treatment Facilities, which are under construction, İzmir's treatment capacity will further increase. Dikili Facility with a daily capacity of 41 thousand 400 cubic meters and Yenişakran Facility with a daily capacity of 7 thousand 600 cubic meters will contribute a total of 49 thousand cubic meters to the daily treatment capacity of the city.

With the completion of the two facilities, Izmir's total annual wastewater treatment capacity is expected to reach approximately 468 million cubic meters and the capacity increase is expected to reach 32.63 percent.