TY - JOUR TT - Water tank usage in building sites in Turkey: An internet-based study with civil engineers AU - Toğan, Vedat AU - Başağa, Hasan Basri AU - Dede, Tayfun AU - Kolaylı, Cevriye Ceyda AU - Şahin, Kübra AU - Topbaş, Murat PY - 2017 DA - June JF - The Turkish Journal Of Occupational / Environmental Medicine and Safety JO - turjoem PB - Engin TUTKUN WT - DergiPark SN - 2149-4711 SP - 412 EP - 419 VL - 2 IS - 1(3) KW - Water tank usage in building sites in Turkey: An internet-based study with civil engineers N2 - Introduction. In building sites, water is used for different purposes such ascleaning the used tools, meeting personal needs, making mortar etc. In cases ofthe building sites are far from the city center and/or water interruption isfrequently experienced, water tank is used in the building sites to providewater. Aim of the study. To definethe properties of the water tank used in the building sites in Turkey and toevaluate water tank usage characteristics of the users. Material and methods. We prepared 23-question survey and performeda survey study via internet with the civil engineers who are members of theinternet-based forum site of the graduated from Department of Civil Engineeringat Karadeniz Technical University and are still working as managers in buildingsites. Results. Water in the tanksused in building sites is generally city water. Water in the tank is mostlyused daily for personal needs, cleaning and fabrication. Most of the existingwater tanks are made of polyethylene. Water tanks were cleaned most recently byan average of 5.4±4.5 month (min.: 1 month- max.: 1 year) and cleaning isusually done with the facilities available in the building sites. Conclusions. Our findings indicate thatwater tanks used in building sites are uncontrolled, and there is not anylegislation for the control and inspection of the water tanks.  Key words: water tank, buildingconstruction, construction site, clean water CR - Vedat Toğan1, Hasan Basri Başağa1, Tayfun Dede1, Cevriye Ceyda Kolaylı2, Kübra Şahin2, Murat Topbaş2 1 Division of Construction Management, Department of Civil Engineering, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey 2 Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey CR - Vedat Toğan, PhD Department of Civil Engineering Karadeniz Technical University 61080 Trabzon, Turkey Tel: +90 462 3772671 Fax: +90 462 3774413 e-mail: togan@ktu.edu.tr UR - https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/turjoem/issue//328419 L1 - https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/349766 ER -