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28 posted on 11/02/2005 1:13:52 AM PST by Gucho
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Sewer Improvements Started in Mosul Suburb

A $625,000 sewer system will bring improved sanitation and health conditions to more than 700,000 of Mosul's 1.5 million residents.


Pre-positioned pipe and marked trench lines will replace the open sewer. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers file photo)

By Claude D. McKinney - Gulf Region North
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

MOSUL, Iraq, Oct. 31, 2005 — By next spring, Al-Zharaa, a suburb of Mosul, will have a below ground, pipe-enclosed sewer system installed to replace the surface flow system operating today. Workers are digging the first 1.5 kilometers of trenches and pipe is pre-positioned to make this modernization a reality.

The replacement system will bring improved sanitation and health conditions to more than 700,000 of Mosul's 1.5 million residents.

Additionally, this project, overseen by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Gulf Region North, will stimulate the economy by bringing $625,000 to the city in the form of worker salaries, supply requirements and other services associated with construction projects.

"This new sewer will go a long way to improve the living conditions of the citizens of Mosul," said Lee Kenderdine, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mosul office resident engineer. "It is this type of reconstruction project that shows the common citizens of Iraq that a better life is coming."

This type of major civic project is coordinated and directed in partnership with local Iraqi officials.

Editor's note: Claude McKinney is a public affairs specialist at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Gulf Region North.

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