Balıkesir Metropolitan Municipality, investing approximately 500 million TL in Havran, increased the irrigation capacity of Havran from 3 thousand 37 hectares to 5 thousand 904 hectares with Havran Plain 2nd Section Agricultural Irrigation Project. Increasing the area of 11 thousand hectares under agricultural irrigation in Balıkesir to 71 thousand 584 hectares, Mayor Yılmaz also made a 15 percent discount on water in agricultural irrigation.

Balıkesir Metropolitan Municipality held mass opening of many projects from transport to infrastructure, from nation garden to agricultural irrigation project in Havran. In addition to the mass opening ceremony where approximately 500 million TL investment was commissioned, Havran Plain 2nd Section Agricultural Irrigation Project Presentation was also held in cooperation with Balıkesir Governorship, Balıkesir Metropolitan Municipality and DSI 25th Regional Directorate. Balıkesir Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Yücel Yılmaz announced that they will make a 15 percent discount on water for agricultural irrigation after the 15 percent discount on drinking water. Metropolitan Municipality General Directorate of Water and Sewerage Administration, which manages 900 million cubic meters of water annually, has increased the number of its 33 facilities to 75 and carries out agricultural irrigation on a total area of 71 thousand 584 hectares.

IRRIGATION AREA INCREASED TO 5 THOUSAND 904 HECTARES IN HAVRAN

With the Havran Plain 2nd Section Irrigation Facility project, 2 thousand 867 hectares of land in the district will be opened to irrigation, 54 boreholes will be closed, 21 million cubic metres of groundwater reserves will be preserved annually, and approximately 35 million kWh of electrical energy will be saved annually. Thanks to the Havran Dam Irrigation Facility, the total irrigation capacity was increased from 3 thousand 37 hectares to 5 thousand 904 hectares.

INVESTMENT OF APPROXIMATELY 500 MILLION IN HAVRAN

Between 2019 and 2023, Balıkesir Metropolitan Municipality invested 99 million 886 thousand 354 TL in Havran District with the instruction of Mayor Yılmaz, while Balıkesir Water and Sewerage Administration General Directorate invested 358 million 276 thousand TL. Within the scope of investments; Havran Advanced Biological Wastewater Treatment Plant with a capacity of 25 thousand people and 2 thousand 100 cubic meters/day, 167 thousand meters of drinking water network line, 45 thousand meters of sewerage network line, 2 thousand 100 cubic meters of drinking water tank, 2 thousand 200 meters of drilling work, 20 thousand 300 square meters of National Garden construction, Atatürk and Seyit Onbaşı Museum and Terzizade Mansion Restoration, 19 kilometers of hot asphalt work, 30 kilometers of surface coating, 35 thousand square meters of parquet curbs were manufactured.

MR. ERSOY, MAYOR OF HAVRAN:  WE WERE WAITING FOR IRRIGATION FOR YEARS

Havran Mayor Emin Ersoy pointed out that the water supply from Havran Dam to Havran Plain is a matter that farmers have wanted and waited for many years and said, "Havran Plain Agricultural Irrigation Project, which will enable the fertile lands that cannot be cultivated and remain empty to yield crops again and reduce the input costs of our producers, will make a great contribution to increasing the agricultural production of our district. At the same time, today we are opening the valuable investments made by our Metropolitan Municipality and BASKİ General Directorate in our district, we are happy and proud."

MAYOR YILMAZ: WE TOOK STEPS TO PREVENT POLLUTION OF THE BAY

Stating that Havran, Edremit and Burhaniye are inseparable from each other, Mayor of Balıkesir Metropolitan Municipality Yücel Yılmaz said, "Havran Dam makes our producers from Havran, Burhaniye and Edremit smile. The treatment here is one of the important points that prevent pollution of the Gulf. Reminding that before 2014, Altınoluk and Zeytinli treatment plants could not be operated due to the costs, Mayor Yılmaz said, "When Balıkesir became a metropolitan city, our mayor of that day, the late Edip Uğur, first brought Altınoluk, then Zeytinli and many other treatment plants in the region back on their feet. However, there was a pollution carried to the Gulf via Havran Creek. The site allocation and project design of the project was made by Havran Municipality and BASKİ started to invest in the treatment plant."

WE WANT TO RECYCLE WASTE WATER

Stating that they want to build an advanced biological treatment plant in Zeytinli, Mayor Yücel Yılmaz said, "We want to irrigate Bostancı and Çıkrıkçı fields with the water we treat according to agricultural irrigation standards, and also use this water in Edremit Agriculture Based Specialised Greenhouse OIZ. This issue is being taken to different points politically. Today, Havran has become a district that is environmentally friendly, increases all its water, controls olive black water, adds value while producing and recycles."

15 PER CENT DISCOUNT FOR AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION

Stating that they want to extend the irrigation capacity of Havran Dam to everywhere, Mayor Yılmaz said, "With this investment, we will increase the irrigation capacity of Havran Dam Irrigation Facility, which serves 3 thousand hectares, to 5 thousand 904 hectares. In other words, we will increase the yield and abundance by increasing its capacity by 100 per cent. I would like to give another good news today; we will make a 15 per cent discount on agricultural irrigation, not an increase. Good for you. Let the economy and production of Balıkesir grow. Let our young people live in this city where they were born. Let them produce here and inspire Türkiye, let them be a fertility.

MP CANBEY: A PROJECT THAT WILL SET AN EXAMPLE FOR TÜRKİYE

Stating that the irrigation issue of the second part of Havran has been on their agenda for a long time, AK Party Balıkesir Deputy Mustafa Canbey said, "We made visits to Ankara with our mayors and district president for this. This investment is an investment that requires a big budget. If our Metropolitan Municipality had not undertaken 150 million liras of this project, 60 million liras of which is a grant from the Presidency Strategy and Budget Presidency, we would not have been able to inaugurate this investment. Hopefully, our Havran will meet with water as soon as possible and the abundance of our products will increase."

GOVERNOR USTAOĞLU: HAVRAN GETS THE SERVICE IT DESERVES

Governor İsmail Ustaoğlu said that the people of Havran have received the best services they deserve, "Havran Plain Agricultural Irrigation Project, we are implementing an important project that will make the fertile plain even more valuable and contribute to the production of products with higher yield and quality. With this project, which is implemented together with our Governorship, Metropolitan Municipality and DSİ, irrigation of approximately 6 thousand hectares will be provided. Our Metropolitan Municipality has brought many good investments to the district for 5 years, and Havran people receive the best service they deserve. I would like to thank everyone who contributed."

THEY SIGNED THE FIRST PIPE LAID

Governor of Balıkesir İsmail Ustaoğlu, AK Party Balıkesir Deputy Mustafa Canbey, AK Party Provincial Chairman Mehmet Aydemir, Havran District Governor Enver Özderin, AK Party Havran District Chairman Ahmet Dayı, DSİ 25th Balıkesir Regional Director Murat Lütfü Güldoğan, Havran Mayor Emin Ersoy, General Manager of Balıkesir Water and Sewerage Administration (BASKİ) İzzet Günal and citizens of Havran put their signatures on the first pipe to be laid under the project.