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From Water and Wastewater.com Industry News
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. Highlight This Week USAID provides essential equipment for sewage pump station in a key Central Iraq city. One neighborhood district in a major central city, has suffered from severe flooding of raw sewage. This has been a major constraint, impeding further progress on construction of the sewer network and trunk lines, and creating numerous environmental problems for the local citizens. The pump station lacked the functioning equipment necessary to perform its crucial role in pumping sewage from the sewage network into a nearby canal. The problem has also been compounded by the local authorities’ inability to carry out maintenance, especially during a time when there has been increasing levels of insurgent activities and security threats to the system. USAID’s Iraq Transition Initiative (ITI), in partnership with the local Iraqi authorities, awarded a grant worth $22,425 to provide equipment and installation services for the sewage pump station. The new generator has enabled the pump station to pump raw sewage from the sewage network into the nearby canal and has greatly reduced the amount of raw sewage in city streets. More than 5,000 residents have benefited from this grant through improved sanitation conditions in their city streets and greater confidence in the ability of local government to provide basic public services during this transitional time. Source: USAID, http://www.usaid.gov/ © Copyright 1998 - 2008 Water and Wastewater.com |
