Currently the biggest water course that feeds Tuz Lake is the domestic, industrial and agricultural sewerage system of Konya coming through a channel from hundreds of kilometers. Discharging sewage water directly to Tuz Lake without using any treatment causes pollution in the Salinas which provide 80% of Turkeys salt demand and affects the most important flamingo breeding colonies in Turkey (Artemia salina, the primary food source of the flamingos, being under threat). On the other hand, Esmekaya Marshes which used to be the only freshwater system in the basin are already lost because of a dam construction that started in 1996; and the local economy which was dependent on the wetland has collapsed. The other conflict in the area is a natural gas storage plant which is planned to be constructed in the South part of the Tuz Lake.

Furthermore, taking into account Turkeys gas supply security and the lakes natural structure which is quite suitable for gas storage, it is planned to construct a gas storage plant consisting of twelve units (the capacity of 630,000 m3 each). The storage plant is estimated to provide 40 million m3 gas/day to Turkish natural gas network. The tender process of the Tuz Lake Natural Gas Storage Plant which will enable to store 1 billion m3 natural gas in a year is started in 2010 and planned to be completed in 2018. But dissolving the salt inside the underground caves require huge amounts of water and cause pressure on existing limited fresh water resources in the region. Freshwater is planned to be brought from Hirfanli Dam which is outside the Special Environmental Protection Area (120 km distance). The plant project is also questioned due to its proximity to the fault line between Aksaray and Sereflikochisar and the possibility of a disaster.