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Cases / Water use · Turkey · date not stated

Expert found unpermitted water intake at Bıçkıdere, Sakarya

Short record: the main facts, with sources. A full case file has not been prepared.

Nature's voice · report
No measurement of the harm done to me here is on record.
Did nature suffer? Not measured.
Not on record
  • The record does not name which of my species, waters, soils or forests were harmed.
What the record lacks: 3 none on record · 1 not measured See the gaps

DHA reported in January 2018 that an expert witness found water had been taken at Bıçkıdere, Sakarya, from a source other than the licensed one. The stake for nature is local spring water drawn beyond what the licence allowed.

What?
An expert witness found that water was taken at Bıçkıdere from a source outside the licence; the lawsuit was dismissed on procedural grounds. DHA
Where?
Bıçkıdere, Sakarya province, Turkey DHA
When?
Reported 10 January 2018 (DHA) DHA
Who?
Gained
  • Unnamed party that took the water — water taken from outside its licensed source, per the expert finding DHA
Lost
None on record
Harmed
None on record
Why?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
Water drawn from a source other than the one named in the licence. DHA
6 of 6 questions answered from the record

What happened

The record, in order.

DHA reported on 10 January 2018 that an expert witness found water had been taken at Bıçkıdere from a source outside the licence.

The lawsuit over the intake was dismissed on procedural grounds, according to the same reporting.

    In court and with insurers

    Every proceeding and every insurer decision on record.

    Lawsuits and rulings

    No court case on record. No court has ruled on this case.

    Insurers

    No insurer decision on record.

    What we don't know

    Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.

    Nature

    • Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.

    Record

    • None on record The sources reviewed do not name the party that took the water.
    • None on record The sources reviewed do not give the volume taken or the period of the intake.
    • None on record The sources reviewed do not name the court, the case number or the grounds for the procedural dismissal.

    Did the harm stop?

    Not stated in the sources reviewed.

    Who paid?

    Not stated in the sources reviewed.

    Sources

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