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Washington, DC -- Weekly Update #51 -- 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 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 Highlights this Week:
-USAID’s project to rehabilitate a water and wastewater plant in town of 60,000 residents in this bilitation plant is approximately 30 percent complete, current work is focused on the mechanical equipment at the plant. These repairs will restore the plant to its full capacity after years without maintenance and replacement parts. Work at the water treatment plant is about 14 percent complete. This past week, a compact unit for one of the plant’s three trains was delivered and the unit is being installed. Once all work at the plant is complete, the plant will produce approximately 3.8 million gallons per day of potable drinking water. Work is expected to be complete by the end of the year.
-A local council in Babil Governorate is working with Local Governance Program advisors to conduct an assessment of water supply systems in three Babil Currently, the 3,000 residents of this area have no clean or safe drinking water but instead are dependent for household needs on water heavily As a result, villagers, particularly children and the elderly, are succumbing to a variety of waterborne diseases. with local council members to develop a plan of action to provide access to safe and clean drinking water for local residents.
Half of a $36.7 million USAID grant to UNICEF for health and water and sanitation programs is being used to support water supply and sanitation improvement projects throughout Iraq. As a result of these programs, vulnerable populations are gaining access to potable water and improved sanitation is helping to decrease the incidence of waterborne diseases, thus improving public health throughout the country. Recent activities in water and sanitation have included providing emergency water supplies to areas in conflict such as Najaf, providing water to vulnerable populations, and contributing to the restoration of water treatment facilities.
See complete report at:
http://www.usaid.gov/iraq/updates/sep04/iraq_fs51_092904.pdf
Source: USAID, http://www.usaid.gov/
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