The IMM Assembly made mandatory price adjustments due to the very serious increases in İSKİ's water sales costs. The price of first-stage water, used by 86 percent of Istanbul residents, increased by 29 percent when the human right to use water is deducted. The cubic meter price of water rose from 5.56 lira to 7.22 lira.
Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM) Assembly held the 2nd Extraordinary General Assembly of the General Directorate of İSKİ at the Assembly Hall in the Saraçhane Presidency Building. At the meeting, the tariffs for Water Sales and Disposal of Used Water and Rural District Water Sales and Disposal of Used Water were discussed.
As a result of the negotiations of the party groups, a common decision was reached.
According to the unanimous decision; The price of first stage water between 0-15 cubic meters was 8.33 liras. However, it was also decided to implement the right to use 15 cubic meters of free human water for every 2.5 cubic meters up to 0.5 cubic meters. When this price is deducted, the new water unit price will increase by 29 percent and will be reflected on the bills as 7.22 liras.
On the other hand, water use of 8.35 cubic meters or more, which is 16 lira, is 12.51 lira, 14.95 lira, workplace water price is 22.40 lira, 8.35 lira, construction site water price is 12.51 lira, 1.39 lira, rural residential water price is 2.08 lira, 3.73 lira, rural workplace is 2.08. determined in pounds. It was also decided to apply a reduction of 2.5 cubic meters up to 0.5 cubic meters in rural neighborhood tariffs.
WHAT IS THE HUMANITARIAN RIGHT TO USE WATER?
The Human Right to Water, which includes the free use of 2.5 cubic meters of 0.5 cubic meters of water as a human right, was accepted by the UN Human Rights Council in 2010. With the decision taken by the IMM Assembly, it started to be implemented as of May 2019. The Court of Accounts found İSKİ's free “Humanitarian Right to Water” application to be against the legislation and the application was abolished on 4 December 2021. The Presidency issued a decree on the subject on December 16, 2021 and approved that municipalities can implement the human right to use water, provided that they take a decision from the authorized decision bodies. Istanbul will continue on its way as the first and only municipality in Turkey to implement the human right to use water.
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