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dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

OK this is where you guys on the Asian side get all smug. But at 8am on Tuesday everywhere in central Istanbul, north of the Halic will have water cut off for 30 hours. So if you don't have a depo- be prepared.

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

Why are they doing this ?

molly farquharson · Joined: 16 Jun 2004 Posts: 839 Location: istanbul

thanks for the heads up dmb. I don't have a depo but I have a lot of full water bottles Smile

calsimsek · Joined: 15 Jul 2004 Posts: 775 Location: Ist Turkey

Baba Alex · Joined: 17 Aug 2004 Posts: 2411

Otterman Ollie · Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 12:16 pm Post subject: Another good reason to stay away

I do keep saying this only because you give me cause to , water shortages rarely happen and having no water for more than a few hours it just never happens but thats Izmir ,not Istanbul, enjoy yourselves,washing from a bucket is just primitive .

schwa · Joined: 12 Oct 2003 Posts: 164 Location: yap

Way over Asia way my water's off from midnite to 6am on account of a drought. I can live with that. Whats a depo?

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

Scot, they are cleaning the filters! Don't the filters get dirty in Asia or Izmir?
Shwa, water storage tank, usually on your roof.

saloma · Joined: 07 Jul 2005 Posts: 211

So, is anyone actually without water at the moment? Cause I'm still washin' and bathin' and flushin' with no problems.

molly farquharson · Joined: 16 Jun 2004 Posts: 839 Location: istanbul

lucky you! I've been without water since yesterday morning. I have enough for one quick shower and a full flush. I hope it comes back on overnight...

actually even though it is inconvenient, I can live with it and the electric outages. In North America either one would be tantamount to disaster and here it's just kind of "life in Istanbul"

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

Molly, go to the gym!!!(the one in Cihangir) They have a big reserve and you can have a shower there. I'm out too. It will come back on tomorrow afternoonish.

molly farquharson · Joined: 16 Jun 2004 Posts: 839 Location: istanbul

promise? My reserves are empty...

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

molly it's 3.30. I just got back to my apt. and the water is back too Very Happy

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

Where does all that water come from ? I mean 10 million bodies must use a lot !

molly farquharson · Joined: 16 Jun 2004 Posts: 839 Location: istanbul

yay-- my water is back too. water bottles are filled, dishes are washed, and all water-related business is done. I sure do appreciate it when it's back... i'd rather be without electricity than water, though.

boy people on the square were really complaining about this water cut. They said they were writing and calling the belediye. Good-- they may be cleaning the filters, but what a stupid system when the water to millions of people is cut off for two f'ing days.