Büyükçekmece Dam ( tr, Büyükçekmece Barajı) is a dam on the Lake Büyükçekmece in Büyükçekmece district of

Istanbul Province ) , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = 34000 to 34990 , area_code = +90 212 (European side) +90 216 (Asian side) , registration_plate = 34 , blank_name_sec2 = GeoTLD , blank_ ...

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

. The development was backed by the

Turkish State Hydraulic Works The State Hydraulic Works ( tr, Devlet Su İşleri) is a state agency, under the Ministry of Environment and Forestry of Turkey, responsible for the utilization of all the country's water resources. The institution's four major functions are ener ...

(DSİ), and was opened in 1988. Büyükçekmece Dam was built to supply residential water to

Istanbul Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...

. The construction started in 1983, and the dam was completed in 1988. Water supply from the dam's reservoir went into service in 1989. It is located in

Büyükçekmece Büyükçekmece is a district and municipality in the suburbs of Istanbul, Turkey on the Sea of Marmara coast of the European side, west of the city. It is largely an industrial area with a population of 380,000. The mayor is Hasan Akgün ( CHP) ...

district on the European part of Istanbul on the

Lake Büyükçekmece Lake Büyükçekmece ( tr, Büyükçekmece Gölü) is a liman formed at the point where the river Karasudere flows into the Marmara Sea. The lake is located south of the Çatalca district, west of Istanbul, Turkey. It is used as a freshwater res ...

, which is formed by disconnecting the stream Sarısu's outflow to the

Marmara Sea The Sea of Marmara,; grc, Προποντίς, Προποντίδα, Propontís, Propontída also known as the Marmara Sea, is an inland sea located entirely within the borders of Turkey. It connects the Black Sea to the Aegean Sea via the ...

. It is an earth-fill embarkment dam of height. The dam's catchment area is . The reservoir has a capacity of covering a surface of at normal pool. The reservoir water is sanitated before it is supplied to the households. Annual water supply capacity of the dam is .

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Dams in Istanbul Province Dams completed in 1988 1988 establishments in Turkey Water supply and sanitation in Turkey Büyükçekmece {{Turkey-dam-stub

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