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Washington, DC -- Weekly Update #36 -- This fact sheet highlights overall accomplishments and some weekly activities from USAID’s reconstruction efforts in Iraq.
For more information on USAID’s programs in Iraq please see: www.usaid.gov/iraq
Program Overview
USAID assists Iraqis in reconstructing their country by working within the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA). USAID programs are implemented in coordination with the United Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Coalition country partners, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and private sector partners. The USAID Mission in Iraq carries out programs in education, health care, food security, infrastructure reconstruction, airport and seaport management, economic growth, community development, local governance, and transition initiatives.
Water and Sanitation
Accomplishments to Date
• Rehabilitating sewage and water treatment plants that currently by-pass untreated sewage generated by millions of people into the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
o Repairing and rehabilitating water systems throughout Iraq.
o Repaired hundreds of breaks in Iraq’s critical and long neglected water network, significantly increasing water flow.
Highlights this Week:
• Operations and maintenance training has begun throughout the country to prepare Iraqis to assume greater responsibility for plant operations after the transition. The training is being initiated in the rehabilitation process of each plant and is in various stages of implementation at plants throughout the country.
There are two major components of the training - one on the theory behind plant operations and another on laboratory operations. On-the-job training is also being conducted with plant operators and maintenance staff. The theoretical operations training includes: instruction on the overall sewage treatment process; the function of plant equipment; plant maintenance procedures; and monitoring of the treatment process.
The lab training includes instruction on: lab instruments; types of samples to be taken; and how lab samples relate to the operating process.
Wastewater analysis laboratory at a sewage treatment plant; USAID is training laboratory technicians in proper laboratory procedures to ensure the quality of wastewater processing.
See complete report at:
http://www.usaid.gov/iraq/updates/jun04/iraq_fs36_061604.pdf
Source: USAID, http://www.usaid.gov/
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