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R&D at İSTANBUL WATER AND SEWERAGE ADMİNİSTRATİON

Authority/Government

www.iski.istanbul/web/en-usistanbul, Türkiye

About

The first water administration in Istanbul was established in 1869. Water and sewerage services in Istanbul were combined under İSKİ (Istanbul Water and Sewerage Administration) in 1981. A subsidy of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, İSKİ is a public body with an autonomous budget. Almost the whole budget income is received from water sales. Its service area covers the whole territory within Istanbul’s borders.

Duties of İSKİ

• To provide water

• To collect, treat and discharge wastewater

• To protect water resources Key Figures on Istanbul

• Total Length of Water Lines : 22.424 km

• Total Length of Waste Water Lines : 22.608 km

• Population Served : 16 million

• Total Service Area of İSKİ : 9.271 km2

• Total Number of Customers : 6.6 million

• Average Daily Water Supply : 2.9 million m3/day

• Total number of staff including personnel of subcontractors : 9.813

• İSKİ provides service by 21 potable water treatment plants and 89 waste water treatment. İSKİ is a public institution. The R&D studies at İSKİ are carried out by the R&D Directorate under the Strategy Development Department and its latest works are listed below:

Data technologies, data ecosystems and cross-linking

Data ecosystems for the realisation of circular value creation exploiting the full potential of digitalisation – e.g., harnessing existing, purpose-built platform solutions.(AI based) recognition systems (e.g. image recognition) to evaluate materials, components and products and determine the best use paths(AI based) process and system control technologiesSimulation models and predictive analytics to assess the scalability of circular processes across industriesDesign of an adaptable Digital Product Pass

Other enabling technologies

Industry 4.0 technologies (IoT, big data analytics) for monitoring and managing circular value chainsLife cycle assessment / Product life cycle management – e.g., Digital Twin / Digital Product Passport

Representatives

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R&D Engineer

R&D at İSTANBUL WATER AND SEWERAGE ADMİNİSTRATİON