Sazlıdere Dam

Sazlıdere Dam
Location of Sazlıdere Dam in Turkey
Official name Sazlıdere Barajı
Location Küçükçekmece, Istanbul Province, Turkey
Coordinates 41°08′11″N 28°44′17″E / 41.13647°N 28.73816°E / 41.13647; 28.73816Coordinates: 41°08′11″N 28°44′17″E / 41.13647°N 28.73816°E / 41.13647; 28.73816
Construction began 1992
Opening date 1996 (1996)
Dam and spillways
Type of dam Arch dam
Impounds Sazlıdere
Height 23 m (75 ft)
Reservoir
Total capacity 91.3 hm³
Surface area 10 km²
Website
www2.dsi.gov.tr/bolge/dsi14/isletme.htm#sazlidere

Sazlıdere Dam is a reservoir dam in the Küçükçekmece district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. The dam supplies the European side of the city and its suburbs with drinking water. The Turkish State Hydraulic Works backed the development of the dam, which was constructed between 1992 and 1996. The reservoir supplies 50 hm³ of drinking water annually.

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