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. |