A Waste Water Treatment Plant in central Iraq

September 30, 2004 -- Jobwerx News -- The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission in Iraq implements programs in four strategic areas:
- Restoring Essential Infrastructure
- Supporting Essential Health and Education
- Expanding Economic Opportunity
- Improving Efficiency and Accountability of Government

Water & Sanitation Accompishments:
The rehabilitation of a wastewater treatment plant in Al Qadisiyah Governorate, which began in August 2003, is on schedule for completion by mid-November. A lack of parts and effective maintenance during the previous regime caused failure of the mechanical and electrical equipment in the plant, preventing wastewater treatment and creating a health hazard through the contamination of groundwater and the local river. Work for this project includes cleaning the plant's aeration tanks and distribution chambers, refurbishing the plant’s mechanical and electrical systems, and restoring the plant to service.

Operations and maintenance training will also be provided to ensure sustainability of the project. Currently, the mechanical and electrical work is about 80 percent complete. Once all work is complete, this project will serve approximately 80,000 local residents. This project is one of six USAID water and wastewater treatment plant rehabilitation projects in central Iraq.

USAID’s work at a Baghdad wastewater treatment plant, which began in August 2003, is nearing completion, and is scheduled to finish on October 15. The plant, which was built in the 1960s, is one of three sewage plants in Baghdad. These plants have the capacity to treat the wastewater from 70 to 80% of Baghdad’s 4.7 million residents.

One of the plants already began treating wastewater in June 2004 as a result of USAID rehabilitation work. The USAID portion of this project included cleaning of unit process tanks, restoration of site buildings, landscaping, and installation of 11kv electrical transformers, switchgear, cabling, as well as supply tools, equipment, and laboratory equipment. Upon completion of all US government projects at this plant, the plant will provide wastewater treatment services for nearly a third of all Baghdad residents. This plant is scheduled to come online in February 2005.


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