SUSTAINABILITY

Sewage is collected through closed pipes at IZTECH campus and it flows towards the IZTECH Wastewater Treatment Plant, that is managed and operated by İzmir Metropolitan Municipality (IzMM) Water Directorate abiding the national sanitary rules and regulations. The wastewater treatment plant is designed to treat 2000 m³/day flow rate and the treatment is done by an activated sludge system. Previously, treated water did not meet the national standards for watering landscapes. Therefore, IZTECH Rectorate has contacted IzMM Water and Wastewater Directorate officially in 2020, in order to implement a disinfection unit on the effluent stream, producing treated water that is suitable for irrigation use. Following the disinfection unit’s implementation in 2020, treated wastewater from the wastewater treatment plant is pumped to a storage unit in IZTECH campus at a higher elevation and is reused for irrigation of all green areas on campus. In 2021, over 200,000 m³ water was consumed at IZTECH campus. Considering the plant was able to provide 2000 m³ of water on a daily basis, approximately 64.5% of water was recycled. During summer, watering of green areas and trees on campus was done on a daily basis using the recycled water.