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Iraqi Party Accuses Turkey of Blackmailing the Country

BAGHDAD (Aswat al-Iraq) — White Iraqiya bloc charged Turkey today with blackmailing Iraq and called the Iraqi government to summon the Turkish ambassador to protest building Aleso dam on the Tigris River. The dam w

Baghdad Project to End Water Crisis

Iraq, BAGHDAD — B aghdad officials announced that a major water storage project currently under construction in the capital will help end water shortages that have plagued the country's capital.

Rasheed Pushes for French Investment in Iraq

Iraq, BAGHDAD (Aswat Al-lraq) — Iraqi Water Resources Minister Abdullateef Jamal Rasheed on October 29 urged French companies to invest in Iraq's water resources during a meeting with the French ambassador to Baghdad.

U.S. Soldiers Install Water Filtration in Madain Region

Iraq, BAGHDAD — u S. soldiers serving at Forward Operating Base Hammer in Iraq helped Iraqis living in a remote region of Baghdad improve their water supply by installing a "... self-powered,

World Bank Allocates $100 Million USD for Projects in Baghdad

Iraq, BAGHDAD (Awsat al-Iraq) — The World Bank has allocated $100 million USD for services projects in Baghdad, according to the Baghdad Mayoralty. "Discussions took place with the World Bank in the

Baghdad Shuts Down Water Plants After Tigris Oil Spill

Iraq, BAGHDAD — Baghdad municipal authorities were forced to shut down three water treatment plants in the past week after an oil pipeline burst in northern Iraq.

The pipeline burst had sent gallons of crude

Baghdad Tenders Water Treatment Plant and Distribution Network

Iraq, BAGHDAD — Baghdad Municipality has tendered a contract for the Ghammas water treatment plant and water distribution network. The municipality has set a deadline for bids of March 2, 2009.

Degremont Wins $201 Million USD Water Plant Contract

Iraq, BAGHDAD (TradeArabia News Service) — Suez Environnement subsidiary Degremont has won a $201 million USD contract from the Baghdad Water Authority to build a drinking water plant in Baghdad. The contract includes design,

Insurgents Blow Up Water Pipeline in Baghdad

Iraq, BAGHDAD (BBC News) — Hundreds of thousands of Baghdad residents were left without water last week after insurgents blew up a water pipeline, according to Iraqi officials. It is not yet clear who was

Czech Companies Could Help in Baghdad Reconstruction

PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC (Prague Daily Monitor (Czech Republic)) — Czech companies could stand to make $10 billion USD by participating in the reconstruction of housing in Baghdad said Baghdad's Mayor Sabir Isavi said Wednesday. Isavi said he wanted to offer

APE Pumps Completes $4 Million USD Orders in Baghdad

JOHANNESBURG, Iraq (Creamer Media's Engineering News (South Africa)) — APE Pumps, a member of industrial engineering group PSVHoldings, has completed two orders worth a total of $4 million USD to supply four pumps for a water project 100 kilometers southwest of Baghdad

Iraq: $30 Million USD Sewer Project in Kamaliya Near Completion

Iraq, BAGHDAD (Army News Service (United States)) — — A $30 million USD sewer project in the Kamaliya area in eastern Baghdad is nearly complete after two years.

Some 58 kilometers of sewer pipe from 10 to 76 centimeters in diameter

Iraq Threatened by Shortages, Potential Dam Collapse

Iraq, BAGHDAD — - Iraqis fighting for survival amid an insurgency, sectarian death squads, and scarcities of electricity, water and other essentials, now face a new peril: The Mosul Dam across the Tigris

Iraq Will Spend $30 Million USD for Water, Sewage in Thi Qar

Iraq, THI QAR — — Thi Qar governorate has allocated over $30 million USD for water and sewage projects in 2007.

The funds include $7.6 million USD for water projects and $23 million

$60 Million USD of Water Projects Completed in Baghdad in 2006

Iraq, BAGHDAD — — Some $60 million USD worth of water projects started in Baghdad in 2006 have been completed, the Water Directorate said.

"The directorate constructed 17 water stations with capacity of 3,400

World Bank Funding Sadr City Sewerage Network

KAMPALA, Uganda, Iraq, BAGHDAD — — The World Bank has agreed to finance the rehabilitation of the sewerage network in the Sadr City area.

The World Bank and the Municipality