Did sewage water mix with Istanbul's mains water after the flood? Statement from İSKİ

Istanbul received the heaviest rainfall in the last 84 years on Wednesday.

As the roads turned into lakes, many houses and workplaces were flooded, and hundreds of vehicles were dragged in the flood waters and became unusable.

While the traces of the flood have been trying to be erased throughout the city for about 3 days, there have been claims on social media that sewage is mixed into Istanbul's mains water and therefore tap water should not be consumed.

Istanbul Water and Sewerage Administration (ISKİ) made a statement regarding the issue.

İSKİ denied the claim that sewage water was mixed into the mains water.

In the statement, it was emphasized that the quality of the daily average of 3 million 200 thousand cubic meters of drinking water supplied to the city is regularly checked at all stages from the source until it reaches the end consumer.

The statement emphasized that within the scope of the provisions of the "Regulation on Water for Human Consumption" published by the Ministry of Health, water samples taken from the mains water were analyzed and the relevant parameters regarding water quality were monitored 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

"In addition to the controls and analyzes carried out by our administration, water samples are regularly taken from different points in 39 districts of our city by the Istanbul Provincial Health Directorate and independent inspections are carried out. It is not possible to supply water to the drinking water network of Istanbul that does not meet the quality criteria determined in the current legislation."

Cleaning, evacuation and repair work continues in the areas where floods and floods occurred on October 14 in the city.

Cleaning and repair works are carried out by municipal teams in different points of the city, especially in Beykoz, Şile, Sarıyer and Kağıthane, where floods occurred due to heavy rain.

Cleaning activities continue after the efforts to evacuate the accumulated water and remove items from homes and workplaces affected by floods. While the mud and waste accumulated in the streets and streets are cleaned by teams, the roads are washed with washing vehicles.

Cleaning and water evacuation works, which were started after the downpour, continue on Dereboyu Street in Sarıyer's Ayazağa District.

Work is being carried out to eliminate the collapses and deteriorations that occurred on the roads in some regions after the downpour.

While municipal teams carry out repair and arrangement works on damaged roads and sidewalks, they also take precautions to ensure safe transportation.