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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 • Nationwide: 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. • Baghdad: Expanding one water plant and rehabilitating three sewage plants. o Rehabilitating and adding 45 percent capacity to Baghdad’s Sharq Dijlah water plant (previously named Saba Nissan water plant), adding an additional 225,000 cubic meters a day to the water supply by August 2004, mostly in the overpopulated eastern sections. The Saif Sa’ad Dredger, rehabilitated by USAID, is performing maintenance dredging at Umm Qasr Seaport o Installing back-up electrical generators at 41 Baghdad water facilities and pumping stations to ensure continuous water supply. o Rehabilitating Baghdad’s sewage treatment plants—Rustimiyah North, Rustimiyah South, and Kerkh to benefit 3.8 million people by October 2004. o Rehabilitated 70 of Baghdad’s non-functioning waste lift and pumping stations. • South Central: Rehabilitating two water plants and four sewage plants. o Rehabilitating An Najaf and Karbala’ water treatment plants. The projects will be complete in August 2004 and November 2004, respectively. o Rehabilitating Ad Diwaniyah and Karbala? sewage treatment plants, which serve 200,000 residents and currently discharge untreated waste into the Euphrates River. These projects are expected to be complete by August 2004 and November 2004, respectively. o Rehabilitating An Najaf and Al Hillah sewage treatment plants to serve 194,000 residents. These projects are expected to be complete by December 2004 and August 2004, respectively. • South: Rehabilitating the entire Sweet Water Canal system, including the canal and its reservoir, 14 water treatment plants and pumping stations, and the Safwan water system. o The system provides drinking water to 1.75 million residents of Basrah City. o Rehabilitated both the east and west reservoirs of the canal in early April, allowing it to be re-filled with clean water. o Began work on Basrah’s 14 water treatment plants in January 2004. By summer 2004, water quality and volume will surpass prewar levels. o Completed the restoration of the Safwan water system. All 40,000 residents now have access to potable drinking water. • North: Rehabilitating two water plants and one sewage plant. o Rehabilitating Kirkuk, Mosul and Ad Dujayl water treatment facilities and Ad Dujayl sewage plant. o Procuring reconstruction materials for the Ninawa’ Sewer and Water Directorate. This Directorate will repair projects in Mosul and the surrounding areas. o Constructing potable water sources for towns and villages of less than 1,000 residents. Highlights this Week: • Iraqi non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are repairing water and sewage treatment facilities to improve public health conditions in their communities. These projects are implemented with the support of USAID partner Abt Associates and coordinated with the Ministry of Health. More than $1.3 million in small grants have been distributed to NGOs throughout the country to allow Iraqi organizations to implement projects which are improving public health throughout Iraq. o One organization repaired a water pumping station in Baghdad and handed the project over to the Baghdad Municipality. The breakdown of the station resulted in the leakage of raw water into the potable water of these neighborhoods. The repair of the water pumping station will reduce environmentally related health hazards for more than 2 million citizens in Baghdad. o Another Iraqi NGO, repaired the sewer pipelines in a Baghdad district. The organization began its work in December 2003 and has completed repairs to the sewage network, pumping station, septic tanks, gullies and access holes. This project benefits more than 40,000 Baghdad residents. • Rehabilitation of Al Hillah waste water treatment plant is progressing and is expected to be complete by mid-August. The rehabilitated plant will benefit 53,000 Hillah residents. • Mechanical and electrical work is more than 50 percent complete at Ad Diwaniyah wastewater treatment plant. Ad Diwaniyah waste water treatment plant will benefit more than 80,000 when the project is complete in August 2004. See complete report at: http://www.usaid.gov/iraq/updates/jun04/iraq_fs34_060304.pdf Source: USAID, http://www.usaid.gov/ © Copyright 1998 - 2008 Water and Wastewater.com |
