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| Iraq |
| Reconstruction Yields Clean Water and Electricity |
| 2006-10-05 |
| CAMP LIBERTY, Iraq, Oct. 4, 2006 — Only months away from completion, the pump tanks at “RT3” are still empty as Iraqi workers put the finishing touches on the high-tech water treatment facility that will distribute clean, fresh water to millions of Baghdad area residents at the astonishing pace of 30 million gallons per day. The water treatment facility in a Baghdad neighborhood outside Sadr City is one of two on-going projects visited by U.S. Army Brig. Gen. David Halverson, deputy commanding general – support for Multi-National Division – Baghdad (MND-B), to gauge the status of essential services in the impoverished neighborhoods. The state-of-the-art facility is comparable to water treatment plants in the United States, said Halverson, who added that clean water pumped from the facility should have a huge positive impact on the health of residents of the area. |
| Posted by:Bobby |
| #4 Would you tolerate your 24/7 clean running hot/cold water to be blown up consistently? When you get used to hot baths and clean clothes and dishes, you don't mess w/Momma. And you also get used to having reliable electricity for longer periods - they won't want people messing w/that, either. Besides, what the Americans give, we can take away. They want to live like in mo's time, ok by me. I remember reading a poster who's heart-warming Iraq story was a mother of 8 went out and bot a washer and dryer. Saved so much time she went out and got herself a job. |
| Posted by: anonymous2u 2006-10-05 10:51 |
| #3 Still all things considered... this is awsome news and even if it is blown up several times... it's a step (a huge step forward) in the right direction... Blackvenom-2001 |
| Posted by: Blackvenom-2001 2006-10-05 10:45 |
| #2 If recent history is any guide then as soon as this fancy water treatment plant is turned on some key component will be blown up. An essential part of the AIF strategy is to prevent the Americans or the incumbant Iraqi government from actually accomplishing anything. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2006-10-05 09:00 |
| #1 Wouldn't it be better to install a diesel powere generator for local power at each essential user like this water plant and possibly each hospital on an isolated loop protected from Akhmed's home wiring jungle on I Just Go Tivo Street. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2006-10-05 08:05 |