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Solar-powered Water Filters for Iraq

December 23rd, 2008 | Comments Off

Local Mahmudiyah civic leaders, Sheiks, villagers and Multi-National Division- Baghdad Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 63rd Combined Arms Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division held a ceremony for the installation of two solar-powered water filters at Lutifiyah Nahia, Mahmudiyah Qada Dec. 16. The $48,000 CERP water filters contract was awarded to the Ard Aleqa Contracting Company of Lutifiyah and will provide the 400 citizens of the community with potable water. Prior to the water filters this rural community did not have access to clean potable water and had no access to centrally distributed water. “The people here get very little water, so it is good that we will be able to have clean water finally,” said Tah Hassim Fadha the Chaka 1 Leader, the equivalent of a town mayor. Leaders from … Read entire article »

Filed under: Green, Iraq, Rebuilding, War on Terror

Canal Clean-up

July 8th, 2008 | Comments Off

In the southern Baghdad community of Radwaniyah, fresh water for drinking and irrigation is just a few signatures away. In the farming communities that lie on the outskirts of Baghdad, fresh water is of the utmost importance for the people and the economic stability of the community and has a direct effect on the neighboring areas. For the farmers in the rural community southwest of urbanized Baghdad, two serious problems are irrigation and fresh water, said Capt. Mark Miller, a spokesman for 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division. Many parts of the area have a canal system running through their villages and farms, said Miller. They provide the groundwork necessary to get fresh, uncontaminated water to the farms. “The canals are capable of providing two independent sources of water,” Miller said. “One source … Read entire article »

Filed under: Iraq, Rebuilding, War on Terror

Water Purification Projects Save Lives

June 22nd, 2008 | Comments Off

Statistics don’t lie. Ninety percent of all water in Afghanistan is contaminated. The leading cause of death for Afghan children less than 5 years of age is diarrhea, often called “wasting away disease,” which can be linked directly to contaminated water. “Water is a challenge,” said Afghan national army advisor Army Capt. Frank Tedeschi, Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan’s installation operations and maintenance director. “You cannot mention water in Afghanistan without talking about the significant water purification and wastewater treatment effort we are undertaking in partnership with the Afghans.” To make water safe for consumption, two major purification systems are currently being used by the ANA. “Just two weeks ago, Camp Zafar in Herat province became the first camp to use the nano-filtration system, which will serve more than 3,000 troops,” Tedeschi said. “Before the nano-filter … Read entire article »

Filed under: Afghanistan, Rebuilding, War on Terror

Water Healthy Again in South Baghdad

June 21st, 2008 | Comments Off

At a water purification station in Sekreechet, two Iraqi Army Soldiers keep an around-the-clock vigil. One of the rooms in the small structure nearby serves as a bedroom. A few meters away, another Soldier stands near a sandbag bunker, guarding a concrete-lined canal. Highway 8, one of the most heavily guarded roads in Iraq, runs in the near distance. The guards watch this location because the canal and pump station are part of the most important infrastructure system in Iraq. Channeling Resources “(Water) is the basic foundation of a civilized society. It’s a basic need. Once those needs are met, people can work on more complex things,” said Maj. Douglas Betts, commander of Company A, 415th Civil Affairs Battalion, which works with the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, to ensure the … Read entire article »

Filed under: Iraq, Rebuilding, War on Terror