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Shatt Al Arab Sports Club in Basra Renovated
Ten years ago, Shatt Al Arab sports club in Al Tanoma city in east Basra was an old building. “Shatt Al Arab sports club was a really unusable building, all the walls and ceilings were in very bad condition, but now everything looks new thanks to the U.S. Army Engineers efforts,†said Lateef Khalf, the sports club administrator. The Gulf Region Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Iraq, invested $300,000 to reconstruct the four-decade-old facility. Khalf said … Read entire article »
Filed under: Iraq, Rebuilding, War on Terror
Adding to Iraqi Electrical Grid
The new U.S. ambassador to Iraq Christopher R. Hill participated in his first ribbon cutting ceremony May 7 at al-Qudas Power Plant, located northeast of Baghdad. The U.S. government has been funding a $176 million expansion project at the existing power plant, which plays a key role in power generation for the Iraqi national power grid. A site tour and ribbon cutting ceremony hosted by Iraq’s Minister of Electricity, Dr. Karim W. Hasan, marked the completion of the successful, joint venture between the U.S. and Iraqi governments. “This important addition to the ministry’s inventory of generation sources will help to guarantee the sustainability of our most recent output gains,†said Hasan. “This Qudas expansion project points the way to the day when we will be able to meet the … Read entire article »
Filed under: Iraq, Rebuilding, War on Terror
A Landfill For Iraq
What do you do with your garbage? Today, in Kirkuk, Iraqis have the best choice they have ever had. Engineers estimate the residents here [Kirkuk] discard 900 tons of trash a day. So like other major cities in the world, this one faces an age old problem: what to do with all that trash. The city is serious about solving its garbage problem and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is part of a joint, … Read entire article »
Filed under: Green, Iraq, Rebuilding, War on Terror
Americans with Disabilities Act Goes to Iraq
It’s not a joke. The specs that have grown out of the ADA will make the lives of some seniors in Iraq much easier. February 12 was a day of celebration in the 4,300-year-old city of Irbil in the northern Kurdish region of Iraq. The Kurdistan Regional Government, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Gulf Region Division and contract partners gathered to celebrate the completion of the Irbil Orphanage and Senior Center. The new facility provides a home for some of the city’s most vulnerable citizens and stands on the site of the old substandard orphanage, built in 1967. Although the local Kurdish society is traditionally built on extended family support networks, the instability in Iraq during the past decade has disrupted that social network system. The Kurdish Regional Government determined … Read entire article »
Filed under: Iraq, Rebuilding, War on Terror
Basra Receives Boost in Clean Water
Basra Province will soon see a dramatic increase in the availability of clean water. The $9.5 million water project will increase the Qurmat Ali water facility’s capacity from 4,000 to 16,000 cubic meters per hour. Mahmood Lafta, Basra water directorate’s design team chief, says the facility’s production will be sufficient to meet the needs of most neighborhoods throughout Basra Province including: Az Zubair, Khor Az Zubair and Umm Qasr. He noted that once complete, Qurmat Ali will lessen Basra’s dependence on the Sweetwater Canal pump station which is located 90 kilometers north of the city. Taking its water from the Shatt al Arab River, the water facility is located just nine kilometers north of Basra. “Qurmat Ali will work as an alternative so if the Sweetwater Canal pump station is closed … Read entire article »
Filed under: Iraq, Rebuilding, War on Terror
Clean Water for the First Time
Families in a small village north of Nasiriyah are anxiously awaiting the completion of a water treatment facility that will provide them a local source of clean drinking water for the first time ever. Approximately 1500 residents live in the Al Shofa neighborhood, which will be served by the new 50-cubic-meter-per-hour facility. Dozens of Iraqis have been involved on the construction crew for the nearly $350,000 project that includes 4 kilometers of a water distribution network. Among those getting access to the treated water is the local Al Qitab primary school and the 120 students attending classes there. “Our community was pumping raw water out of a canal for household use. It was not good water,†explained headmaster Farage Jabbar Ali. “We are all very happy to see this project … Read entire article »
Filed under: Iraq, Rebuilding, War on Terror
Expanding Iraq’s Water Treatment Capacity
Residents in a southern Iraqi city will soon receive more drinking water thanks to the efforts of three women with remarkable stories. In Fadiliya, the community of 10,000 people currently receives only 60 percent of its water needs from existing infrastructure. A new 200-cubic-meter-per-hour treatment facility is under construction and expected to be complete by the end of the year. Project Engineer Colleen Hickey and Construction Representative Toni Graves with the Gulf Region Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are overseeing the construction of the $748,000 facility located adjacent to the existing water treatment plant there. Engineer Montaha, the Iraqi contractor’s senior representative, is in charge of the crew doing the work. She grew up in nearby Muthanna Province and attended Basrah University, majoring in civil engineering. According to Hickey, this is the … Read entire article »
Filed under: Iraq, Rebuilding, War on Terror
Adding Megawatts to Iraq’s Electrical Grid
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Gulf Region Division’s largest remaining electrical generation project added two work shifts to keep pace on one of Iraq’s most important infrastructure projects, the Qudas Generation Plant. The Qudas expansion initiative, first started in September 2006, will result in an additional 200 mega watts of power added to the electrical grid. More than 200 Iraqi skilled and semi-skilled laborers are working hard to finish construction, and begin commissioning and … Read entire article »
Filed under: Iraq, Rebuilding, War on Terror
Bridge Opens Near Najaf
The vice president of Iraq, members of the Iraqi ministry and the governor of Najaf province attended the opening of the North Kufa Bridge near Najaf Aug. 28. The bridge allows traffic to bypass the congested market area in downtown Kufa. It is expected the bridge will allow businesses in the area to grow and provide additional entry points for people visiting the religious sites. “This bridge shows the commitment by the Government of Iraq to build projects in poorer areas that were ignored by the former regime of Saddam,†said Adil Abd al-Mahdi, Iraq’s vice president. “Projects like this bridge will help generate economic improvement in areas like Kufa. This bridge, the Imam Ali Bridge, is built near many important holy sites. Close to here is the Imam Ali Shrine and … Read entire article »
Filed under: Iraq, Rebuilding, War on Terror
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