ASSESSMENT OF THE SURFACE WATER QUALITY IN EASTERN MARMARA SEA

The Sea of Marmara is polluted with domestic and industrial wastewater, drainage water from agricultural lands, shipping, and loads carried by streams. Because there are settlement areas where the industry is very concentrated in the Eastern Marmara coastal regions, stations are determined on the coasts of East Marmara. It is aimed to determine water quality in the Eastern Marmara Sea. Parameters of temperature, pH, conductivity, dissolved oxygen, oxygen saturation, turbidity, salinity, anionic detergent, phosphate, ammonium, nitrite, nitrate, boron, total coliform and fecal coliform were determinated. The values were compared with the criteria values specified in the regulations and the values in other studies.