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Washington, DC -- Weekly Update -- 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's goal is to improve the efficiency and reliability of existing water and wastewater treatment facilities, especially those in the south where water quantity and quality are particularly low. An anticipated 11.8 million Iraqis will benefit from USAID?s $600 million in water and sanitation projects.
HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK
-Work is continuing on USAID’s Iraq rural water supply initiative which will install approximately 150 units in remote locations throughout the country. Work is in progress at 41 of the sites. Bidding for construction contracts for water treatment units is underway; bid opening is planned for February 15, 2005.
There are approximately 4,000,000 people in Iraq living in regions where water is either scarce or poor quality. Various non-profit groups work to help the smallest of these communities — typically populations of less than 1,000 — to find and establish a source of water. However, many villages or clusters of villages with populations between 1,000 and 5,000 are underserved because the costs required to develop water sources on this scale is beyond their means and the means of non-profit groups. Especially in the denselypopulated south, where brackish surface water and aquifers require reverse osmosis treatment, high costs, and technical expertise are required to implement rural water systems. This project benefits about 550,000 rural Iraqis.
-Work is 60 percent complete on a project to extensively repair the sewage collection system of a central district of Baghdad. The project will restore critical elements of the sewage collection system and restore sewage flow from the district to wastewater treatment facilities. Work is scheduled to be completed in June 2005 and will improve service for about 1.5 million residents.
-Many parts of the district have poor quality sewage disposal, which results in raw sewage pooling in streets and homes. Overflows occur as a result of partially or completely inoperable sewer lines, pump stations that cannot convey sewage from homes to treatment plants, and collapsed pipes and blockages. Exposure to the pools of raw sewage can cause serious health problems including typhoid, cholera, diphtheria, and malaria.
-Work is 18 percent complete to rehabilitate two irrigation pump stations and one drainage pumping station in the Euphrates River Basin in Babil Governorate. These pump stations are essential to supply adequate drainage and reliable irrigation for the highly-productive agriculture of this area which provides Baghdad with fresh produce. The pumping stations are also used to regulate water levels and reduce damage from flooding. Site assessments for this project were competed last summer and it was determined that each station needs pumps and motors replaced. The project is scheduled to be completed in July 2005.
Source: USAID, http://www.usaid.gov/
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