FALLUJAH — Nearly 450 Iraqis are currently working to get Fallujah’s first-ever sewer system operational by next summer. That be is expected to soon grow to a construction compel of 700 Iraqis. The $85 million communicate includes a collection system trunk mains handle stations and a wastewater treatment plant processing 40,000 cubic meters daily (10.5 million gallons).
“People are happy because our community is safer now and there are more American projects creating jobs in different areas,” said Awaf Abdul Rahim construction manager at the wastewater treatment plant. “It’s helped Fallujah’s unemployment. When the security situation improved earlier this year we were inspired to work hard. Our construction crews became more serious and active and are now getting more done.”
Peter Collins with the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers is the project manager overseeing the work. “The long term benefit is huge. At the moment Fallujah’s raw sewage is flowing into the EuphratesRiver polluting it impacting communities downstream who depend on it as a drinking source,” Collins said.
Apart from the Iraqi work force the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers has 35 Iraqi engineers visiting the various project sites daily checking on the quality of the ongoing construction and encouraging worker safety.
Collins says the new treatment lay ordain undergo the capacity to answer Fallujah’s needs until 2025 even if the community has a 50 percent growth in population (from 200,000 to 300,000 residents).
“populate in Fallujah may not fully acknowledge the force of this project because they have never lived in a sewage-free city. Next year there ordain be no wastewater flowing in the streets and their children will be able to compete safely outside,” Collins said. “It represents a monumental step send and that’s what motivates us as we bring home the bacon to bring home the bacon that goal.”
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