What is our situation in water management in the world and in our country?

There is no need to give pagefuls of praise on water management, unfortunately, we still have a long way to go in the world and in our country.

With the effect of global warming, access to clean water is decreasing day by day. Because climate change creates water stress in countries. Due to the uncontrolled use of underground water resources as if they will never be exhausted; On the Konya Plain, where water rose from ten meters 50 years ago, you now have to descend to 400 meters.

A similar situation is experienced in the Thrace Region, where there is water-intensive industrialization and excessive immigration. During the COVID-19 pandemic, water consumption in homes and workplaces has increased by 10-15 % . When water consumption increases by 30 % on a global scale in the coming periods, a dark picture awaits our world in 2050. However, the most fundamental right of humanity; access to quality, safe and clean drinking water.

According to the United Nations, World Health Organization, UNICEF Progress report;

• 2.1 billion people do not have access to clean water.
• 263 million people carry water to their homes half an hour away.
• 159 million people drink untreated water from surface water sources.

With the global population reaching 7.8 billion as of January 2021, the focus on sustainable agriculture and newer agricultural technologies remains at the center. There are many areas where we can create innovation in agriculture as a country, we just need to focus on the need rather than the solution we need to do.

The “Precision Water Leakage Detection Using Machine Learning and Real-Time Sensor Data” study, which is at the bottom of the page and which I have shared with you, is a model that we can achieve a lot in terms of using our 32 billion m3 potential in agricultural irrigation efficiently.