Summary:

In Turkey, the renewable water potential per capita is rapidly decreasing in response to the increasing population. Of the 234 billion m³ renewable water potential of our country, 41 billion m³ consists of groundwater and 193 billion m³ consists of rivers. One of the measures to be taken in order to protect renewable water resources in our country, which is not rich in water, is to try to minimize the damage to ground and surface waters caused by solid and liquid wastes that occur in animal shelters. This damage occurs especially with the washing of negatively charged nitrate in the fertilizer content by factors such as precipitation and the increase in the nitrate level of water resources. For the prevention and reduction of environmental problems arising from the said polycultural enterprises; Ecological evaluation of the transition to sustainable farming methods is one of the elements of urgency for the ecological sustainability of animal husbandry. In this study; the definition, scope and briefly the principles of sustainable agricultural methods for the management of nitrate pollution, which is one of the most important parameters that cause water pollution from agricultural production, are emphasized, the reasons for the transition to sustainable agricultural methods are explained, and the necessity and applicability of closely monitoring these developments in İzmir, which has a great potential in terms of animal existence, has been discussed on a basin basis. In addition, in terms of different animal production branches, the situation of animal manure management infrastructure together with plant production has been evaluated and some suggestions have been made with innovative strategies on the basis of basin that can be an example pilot.