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A comprehensive research on open surface drinking water resources in Istanbul using remote sensing technologies

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Istanbul is a megacity with a population of 15.5 million and is one of the fastest-growing cities in Europe. Due to the rapidly increasing population and urbanization, Istanbul’s daily water needs are constantly increasing. In this study, eight drinking water basins that supply water to Istanbul were comprehensively examined using remote sensing observations and techniques. Water surface area changes were determined monthly, and their relationships with meteorological parameters and climate change were investigated. Monthly water surface areas of natural lakes and dams were determined with the Normalized Difference Water Index (NDWI) applied to Sentinel-2 satellite images. Sentinel-1 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) images were used in months when optical images were unavailable. The study was carried out using 3705 optical and 1167 SAR images on the Google Earth Engine (GEE) platform. Additionally, to determine which areas of water resources are shrinking, water frequency maps of the major drinking water resources were produced. Land use/land cover (LULC) changes that occurred over time were determined, and the effects of the increase in urbanization, especially on drinking water surface areas, were investigated. ESRI LULC data was used to determine LULC changes in watersheds, and the increase in urbanization areas from 2017 to 2022 ranged from 1 to 91.43%. While the basin with the least change was in Istranca, the highest increase in the artificial surface was determined to be in the Büyükçekmece basin with 1833.03 ha (2.89%). While there was a 1–12.35% decrease in the surface areas of seven water resources from 2016 to 2022, an increase of 2.65–93% was observed in three water resources (Büyükçekmece, Sazlıdere, and Elmalı), each in different categories depending on their size. In the overall analysis, total WSA decreased by 62.33 ha from 2016 to 2022, a percentage change of 0.70%. Besides the areal change analysis, the algae contents of the drinking water resources over the years were examined for the major water basins using the Normalized Difference Chlorophyll Index (NDCI) and revealed their relationship with meteorological factors and urbanization.

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We thank the ISKI General Directorate for sharing Istanbul’s monthly water consumption amounts and dam occupancy rate data. We thank the General Directorate of Meteorology for sharing Istanbul meteorological station data.

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  2. Department of Geomatics Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Gebze Technical University, Kocaeli, Türkiye

    Nur Yagmur

  3. Avcılar Municipality, Istanbul, Türkiye

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Dervisoglu, A., Yagmur, N. & Sariyilmaz, F.B. A comprehensive research on open surface drinking water resources in Istanbul using remote sensing technologies. Environ Monit Assess 196, 377 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-024-12496-3

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