Water supply systems for post-earthquake situation

Natural disasters have the capacity to severely damage all kinds of man-made structures. An earthquake is also one of the most destructive and cruel of them. One of the biggest damages that earthquakes will cause in modern cities is to damage infrastructure systems and make it difficult for disaster victims to access water resources in post-earthquake scenarios. For this reason, it is of great importance to create usable water resources for disaster victims after the disaster. Since seawater is easily accessible for Istanbul province, disinfection and desalination of seawater can be used to provide a quick solution to disaster victims. In this study, it is aimed to evaluate the cost and applicability by comparing the cases of disinfection of seawater using UV rays, ozone and chlorine disinfection methods. Not only disinfection of water, but also desalination of seawater, such as reverse osmosis method, should be provided to ensure that the disinfected water is potable. This study was conducted to approximate the costs of using and desalinating water through possible scenarios, proceeding from certain admissions. Professionals in the light of regional-specific experiments and scientific data that the government and its bodies will conduct will obtain the most accurate result.