The annual water cost for a family of four rose to 2,600 TL even though they bought the cheapest water. This amount exceeds 4,000 600 TL in a branded water. For this reason, Gökhan Hikkorkmaz, President of the Turkish Water Purifiers Association, who said that the sale of purification equipment tripled in a year, explained that the citizen bought a purification equipment and had it installed in the well water.
The water prices for carboys, which rose from 10-15 lire to 45-50 lire in one year, pushed the citizens to tap and well water.
Speaking to Sozcu.com.tr, Gökhan Hikkorkmaz, President of Turkey’s Water Purifier Association, explained that sales of purification devices that convert tap water into drinking water have tripled in a year, as has the number of vendors in the sector increasing by 2,800-3,000 companies to over 4,000 in one year.
Hikkorkmaz said that the citizens living in the coastal areas have installed these devices in the well water, said: “Especially the citizens living in the coastal areas and turning to the treatment devices began to prefer well water. After the rise in packaged water prices, the trend towards well water has increased significantly,” he said.
4,000 600 TL water bottles are used for water per year
According to Hikkorkmaz, the price of a cleaning device has increased from 1800 TL last year to 3500 TL this year. However, if you consider that a family of four uses two carboys of water per week, the annual cost is 3,500 TL. This amount exceeds 4,500 TL if a well-known brand water bottle is purchased across the country.
If the citizen buys the cheapest glass bottled water on the market, that amount is 2,600 TL. Last year this calculation for the cheapest balloon water was between 1040 and 1560 TL.
Noting that the main reason for the increasing demand is that citizens can buy a cleaning device and use it for 7-8 years, Hikkorkmaz said that large companies have entered the market due to the increasing demand, while large companies are on are in the market but are not active now, doing more active marketing.
THE END OF THE ROPE IS LEAKY: EVEN AN EMPTY BOTTLE 80-90 TL
Speaking to Sozcu.com.tr, Ahmet Turan Akkaya, President of Istanbul Gazoz’s Chamber of Crafts of Water Sorbet Makers and Sellers, said that the cheapest glass bottled water was 10 TL last year, but this year it has risen to 25 TL. that it was 50 TL.
Explaining that the price of even an empty glass bottle has increased from 8-9 lira to 80-90 lira per year, Akkaya said, “What is left has not increased in price! The end of the rope is gone,” he said.
Citizens who did not want to pay 30 TL for a carboy in April 2022 filled the carboys and 5-liter bottles they had brought with them into wells around the forest areas and used them as drinking water.
“PRICING PLAN FOR DRINKING WATER SHOULD BE PUBLISHED”
Akkaya stressed that water can be expensive as it is sold without a price tariff and raises the cost, and said that since drinking water is a staple food, a certain price tariff should be set, like bread, he shouted.
Akkaya pointed out that since there is no specific price tariff, the companies sell water at the price they set, and in the case of a tariff, the prices can be lowered to a more reasonable level.
REQUEST THESE DOCUMENTS WHEN PURCHASING A TREATMENT DEVICE
On the other hand, the cleaning device appears to be more economical, but it also has health-endangering aspects.
One of them is that unregistered sellers without the necessary documents sell products that are dangerous to human health.
Gökhan Hickorkmaz cautions against making purchases from sellers who do not have a Service Adequacy Certificate, Brand Registration Certificate and After-Sales Service Adequacy Certificate:
“As of 2023 there will be more than 4,000 registered vendors, but unfortunately unregistered companies will also be selling.
The company does not have a technical service certificate and a service qualification certificate, but it comes to the house and installs it. In the event of a fault, citizens cannot find a person to talk to.
Individuals without tax records should not purchase from companies that cannot provide a Warranty Certificate, Service Adequacy Certificate, Trademark Registration Certificate, and Customer Service Adequacy Certificate.
WHY IS WATER EXPENSIVE?
So why is water expensive?
The increase in plastic raw material prices directly affects daily life. While 80 percent of the cost of a classic half-litre plastic bottle of water is plastic, 20 percent is water.
Ahmet Turan Akkaya, who explained that companies rent water from special municipal administrations for bottled water and pay a price to the Ministry of Finance, listed the cost items as follows:
“Water filled into a tank comes to the factory to the bottling plants. Then there is the machine parkour. The raw material and skin of the pets are imported. An empty carboy costs 80-90 TL and these can explode. Then there is the shipping and carrier. Each level increases the price of water even more.”
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