Officials work to provide clean water to Baghdad

[unhappycamper]

Officials work to provide clean water to Baghdad
By Joseph Giordono, Stars and Stripes
Mideast edition, Thursday, May 15, 2008

American and Iraqi officials are embarking on a push to provide clean water this summer to districts of Baghdad that have seen heavy fighting in recent weeks.

The effort aims to deal with water shortages in Sadr City, 9 Nissan, and East and West Rasheed, military officials said.

Small water treatment plants, called "rowpus" — reverse-osmosis water purification units — are to be placed at joint security stations in the districts, according to a U.S. military news release. The treated water will then be distributed, officials said. U.S. and Iraqi troops at the outposts will also get their drinking water from the units.

U.S. soldiers with Multi-National Division — Baghdad are providing the ROWPUs and water tanks, while the Baghdad Provincial Council will provide funding, and the Baghdad Water Authority will organize water tankers and the logistics of distribution, officials said.

The purification units are a "short-term plan" while "building and rebuilding the water networks of Baghdad continues," the news release read.


Rest of article at: http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=54807

[ChairmanAgnostic]

1. hey. before we invaded, they HAD clean water.

[blue sky at night]

2. such progress...

my, we have done a wonderful job of "rebuilding" Iraq...can't wait to see what they think of next.