May 4, 2007

Waste Water Treatment Plant Replaces Septic Tanks in Fallujah

By Norris Jones
Gulf Region Central District

A new sewer system is taking shape in Fallujah.

Involving hundreds of Iraqis in the workforce, it’s the biggest construction project the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers oversees in Al Anbar Province of Iraq.

Fallujah’s new facility will use the construction of pump stations trunk mains and a treatment plant to serve as the backbone for a city-wide system. This is the initial phase that will eventually connect every home in the city.

“That community has been relying on septic tanks and the raw sewage is making its way onto the streets and into the storm sewers going directly to the Euphrates River,” explains Michael Jakubiak, part of a team of U. S. Army Corps of Engineers involved with the project. “So you have residents downstream that are taking their drinking water from that contaminated source. This project will improve that situation.”

Jakubiak said his office meets with the various construction firms for some 13 separate contracts, city and Iraqi ministry officials on a regular basis to ensure issues are resolved and the project moves forward.

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