Municipalities make their desalination debut as Turkey’s thirst keeps growing

Istanbul is getting serious about desal. It may have to re-calibrate its expectations of how much it will cost.

The history of desalination in the Turkish municipal water sector seems to be taking off – on a tiny island in the Marmara Sea. The municipality of Avsa is about to conclude the bidding phase of a 4,000m3/d RO plant, which will be funded 75% by Iller Bank, and 25% by Avsa itself.

Five companies are competing for ...

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