Sazlıdere Dam Explained

Sazlıdere Dam
Name Official:Sazlıdere Barajı
Dam Crosses:Sazlıdere
Dam Type:A
Location:Başakşehir, Istanbul Province, Turkey
Dam Height:23m (75feet)
Construction Began:1992
Res Capacity Total:91.3 hm³
Res Surface:10 km²
Coordinates:41.1058°N 28.7183°W
Location Map:Turkey

Sazlıdere Dam is a reservoir dam in the Başakşehir district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. The dam supplies the European side of the city and its suburbs with drinking water. The Turkish State Hydraulic Works backed the development of the dam, which was constructed between 1992 and 1996. The reservoir supplies 50 hm³ of drinking water annually.

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