Kirklareli Department Directorate of State Hydraulic Works (DSI)

The General Directorate of State Hydraulic Works (DSI in Turkish acronym) with a legal entity and supplementary budget is the primary executive state agency of Turkey for Nations overall water resources planning, managing, execution and operation. The main objective of DSI is to develop all water and land resources in Turkey. It aims at all the wisest use of the principal natural resources. DSI was established by Law 6200 in December 18, 1953 as legal entity and brought under the aegis of the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources. It is charged with "single and multiple utilization of surface and ground waters and prevention of soil erosion and flood damages". For that reason, DSI is empowered to plan, design, construct and operate dams, hydroelectric power plants, domestic water and irrigation schemes. The DSI's purpose "to develop water and land resources in Turkey" covers a wide range of interrelated functions. These include irrigation, hydroelectric power generation; domestic and industrial water supplies for large cities; recreation and research on water-related planning, design and construction materials. Some of the specific responsibilities of DSI empowered by the establishment law are: - To make basic investigations such as; • Soil classification, • Agricultural economics, • Geological surveys, • Water quality analysis, • Modeling for water structures, - To carry out the survey and planning for river basin development - To prepare master plan and feasibility report to determine technically and economically optimal solutions of water resources project in the river basins. - To construct dams and hydroelectric power plants; - To build irrigation and drainage systems; - To operate all structures against floods; - To build or have built auxiliary buildings and installations for operation and administration; - To improve navigable rivers. Currently we have an Invetment project with Tsarevo Municipality.