Türkiye Water Circularity and Efficiency Improvement Project
Irrigation modernisation, Irrigation component of US$350 million of the US$434.65 million loan: conversion of open canals to pressurised pipe, 50,000 prepaid water meters with hydrants, and treated-wastewater irrigation networks (feasibility stage); indicative schemes Pazarcık Kartalkaya Dam (20,431 ha gross), Karakuyu pumping (1,100 ha) and Sarımsaklı Dam (8,865 ha); target 4,880 water users with improved irrigation services. Wastewater component: the Konya wastewater treatment works (contract US$117 million) with effluent reuse for irrigation, target 200,000 m3/day of treatment capacity. A pilot irrigation PPP of 1,000 ha under pre-feasibility in Turkey.
The record
- Country
- Turkey
- Location
- Konya, and DSİ irrigation schemes in water-stressed provinces
- Coordinates
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- Technology
- Irrigation modernisation
- Capacity
- Irrigation component of US$350 million of the US$434.65 million loan: conversion of open canals to pressurised pipe, 50,000 prepaid water meters with hydrants, and treated-wastewater irrigation networks (feasibility stage); indicative schemes Pazarcık Kartalkaya Dam (20,431 ha gross), Karakuyu pumping (1,100 ha) and Sarımsaklı Dam (8,865 ha); target 4,880 water users with improved irrigation services. Wastewater component: the Konya wastewater treatment works (contract US$117 million) with effluent reuse for irrigation, target 200,000 m3/day of treatment capacity. A pilot irrigation PPP of 1,000 ha under pre-feasibility
- Capital cost
- US$490 m total project cost at approval (World Bank, 2023), stated in US$; the IBRD loan is US$434.65 m
- Stage
- Awarded
- Owner or client
- DSİ (irrigation component); İller Bankası (ILBANK) with Konya Water and Sewerage Administration (KOSKİ) (wastewater component)
- Contractor
- —
- Operator
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- Finance
- IBRD loan of US$434.65 million approved 23 May 2023; total project cost US$490 million
- Award or start year
- 2023
- Commissioned
- —
Record last checked 2026-10-19.
History
- 2023-05
World Bank approves the IBRD loan of US$434.65 million on 23 May
- 2026-09
Konya wastewater treatment works contract of US$117 million awarded, with loan commitments about 50 per cent and disbursement 9 per cent
- 2026-09
DSİ and ILBANK/KOSKİ draft the Konya Reuse Protocol for irrigation use of the effluent
Sources
5 references
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- World Bank, Türkiye Water Circularity and Efficiency Improvement Project (P174915), project record. projects.worldbank.org.
- IBRD loan US$434.65 million, board approval 23 May 2023, total project cost US$490 million, closing date 31 December 2030, implementing agencies DSİ and ILBANK. World Bank, Project Appraisal Document (2 May 2023). documents.worldbank.org.
- Objectives: improve wastewater services and reuse, increase irrigation services and efficiency; Component B irrigation modernisation of EUR 318.75 million; the indicative list of three schemes totals 30,396 ha gross; DSİ intends a 1,000 ha pilot PPP irrigation scheme (BOT) at pre-feasibility stage; the treated wastewater for irrigation is to be used at schemes such as Konya.
- World Bank, Implementation Status and Results Report, Sequence 6 (30 September 2026). documents.worldbank.org.
- 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.
ILBANK/KOSKİ awarded the Konya wastewater treatment contract of US$117 million; loan commitments about 50 per cent and disbursement 9 per cent; component B costed at US$350 million; targets of 4,880 water users and 200,000 m3/day of treatment capacity by December 2030.