Antalya Metropolitan Municipality ASAT General Directorate strengthened its infrastructure to monitor the quality of water. 2011 state-of-the-art devices were purchased for the ASAT General Directorate Water Quality Control Laboratory, which has been accredited since 18, with an investment of 3 million TL. The analysis scope of ASAT General Directorate has been doubled with devices that are of great importance for monitoring agricultural and industrial pollution.
Antalya Metropolitan Municipality ASAT General Directorate Water Quality Control Laboratory, which analyzes 6 thousand parameters in 160 thousand samples annually, has strengthened its infrastructure to make the water provided to the people of Antalya healthier and of higher quality. Liquid and gas chromatography devices were purchased for the laboratory, which has been accredited since 2011, with an investment of 18 million TL. With the new devices, ASAT General Directorate Water Quality Control Laboratory has become capable of analyzing all parameters within the scope of relevant regulations.
ANALYSIS SCOPE WILL DOUBLE
ASAT General Directorate Laboratory Branch Manager Biologist Adil Doğan said that the experimental staff working in the laboratory regarding the new devices have received training and said, “We have been carrying out our analyzes in our accredited water quality control laboratory since 2011. We have accreditation in approximately 38 parameters. We analyze approximately 6 thousand parameters in 160 thousand samples annually. In this context, we will improve our capacity by purchasing chromatography, liquid chromatography and gas chromatography devices in order to monitor the developing technology. Monitoring agricultural pollution and industrial pollution is very important for us. By doubling the scope of our analysis, we continue our monitoring efforts to ensure that the water we supply to Antalya is of higher quality and healthier. "We will be able to analyze all parameters within the scope of relevant regulations," he said.
MICRO CONTAMINANTS WILL BE MONITORED
Giving training to ASAT staff, Dr. Kartal Çetintürk said that the devices purchased are extremely important in terms of monitoring micropollutants, which can cause cancer and disrupt hormones. Çetintürk said, “There is a very valuable investment here. We have a list of limits and chemicals produced by the European Water Framework Directive. With the strengthened infrastructure for the implementation of this list, ASAT's sample capacity will increase with automated systems without any change in the current number of personnel. "As the daily sample capacity is increased, samples will be examined from more points such as groundwater, river water and surface water," he said.
