Mines ‘draining Turkey’s water sources’, environmentalists warn

Guney was once a water-rich village fed by 50 springs in Turkey’s western Usak province, but since a gold mine opened 20 years ago, they have all dried up. “Before, you only had to drill 60 metres to find water,” said Ugur Sumer, environmental activist and resident of Guney, which is about 170 kilometres (100 […] The post Mines ‘draining Turkey’s water sources’, environmentalists warn appeared first on Digital Journal.