Istanbul's dam occupancy rates have been announced

While the total accumulation volume of the dams and ponds supplying water to the city was 868 million 683 thousand cubic meters, the amount of available water was recorded as 338.85 million cubic meters.

In addition to the dams, a total of 545.78 million cubic meters of water was taken this year, 431 million from Melen, which provides water to the city, and 114.78 million cubic meters from Yeşilçay.

According to İSKİ statistics, as of October 3, the occupancy rates of dams in Istanbul are 44.76 percent in 2016, 56.12 percent in 2017, 55.45 percent in 2018, 48.27 percent in 2019, 36.4 percent in 2020, 50.51 percent in 2021. It was recorded as 47.88 percent in 2022, 23.49 percent in 2023, 37.64 percent in 2024, 27.81 percent in 2025 and 39.04 percent in 2026.