Tuzla Wastewater Treatment Plant
Wastewater treatment, 650,000 m3/day after the third stage; about 2.6 million population equivalent in Turkey.
Operational
The record
- Country
- Turkey
- Location
- Tuzla, Istanbul
- Coordinates
- 40.825, 29.296
- Technology
- Wastewater treatment
- Capacity
- 650,000 m3/day after the third stage; about 2.6 million population equivalent
- Capital cost
- —
- Stage
- Operational
- Owner or client
- Istanbul Water and Sewerage Administration (ISKI)
- Contractor
- Kuzu Grup (second stage, 2008 to 2010)
- Operator
- ISKI
- Finance
- —
- Award or start year
- 2022
- Commissioned
- 2022
Record last checked 2026-09-18.
History
- 1998
First stage of 150,000 m3/day commissioned
- 2009
Second stage of 100,000 m3/day commissioned
- 2022
Third stage opened, lifting total capacity to 650,000 m3/day at a reported 1.868 billion lira in August 2022 prices
Sources
8 references
Every field in the record above is taken from the references below. A field that none of them confirms prints as a dash.
- Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, ISKI Ileri Biyolojik Aritma 3. Kademe Tesisi'ni Actik (300 Gunde 300 Proje). icraat.ibb.istanbul.
- Gives a total capacity of 650,000 m3/day, 2.6 million population equivalent and a cost of 1,867,856,000 lira at August 2022 prices.
- HAUS Centrifuge Technologies, HAUS signature at ISKI-Tuzla, Turkey's largest advanced biological wastewater treatment plant. hausworld.com.
- Confirms 650,000 m3/day and 20 magnetic bearing turbo blowers supplied for the third stage.
- Su ve Cevre Teknolojileri, Tuzla Biyolojik ve Ileri Biyolojik Atiksu Aritma Tesisi, issue 51, 30 October 2012. suvecevre.com.
- Dates the first stage to 1998 and the second to 2009, and describes deep sea discharge at 46 m, thermal sludge drying and ozone odour control.
- Kuzu Grup, ISKI Tuzla Ileri Biyolojik Atiksu Aritma Tesisi (2. Kademe). kuzugrup.com.
- MENA Water Review major projects register and PPP pipeline — compiled from procurer publications, development-bank project pages and trade reporting; each record names its source.
Gives the 100,000 m3/day second stage, January 2008 to December 2010, serving Gebze, Darica, Cayirova, Pendik, Kartal and Tuzla. Plant footprint taken from the OpenStreetMap wastewater plant polygon beside Rauf Orbay Caddesi in Postane, Tuzla, the plant's published address.