Storage tank project supports fresh water for Iraqis

TAJI, Iraq – Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers tested water storage tanks March 20 in four communities north of Baghdad, signaling the successful completion of the vital project to supply the local citizens with fresh drinking water.

Soldiers from 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment and Company A, 490th Civil Affairs Battalion, are building relationships with the Iraqi citizens of local communities by assisting them with infrastructure improvements and providing essential services designed to improve their quality of life.

“We are happy,” said Sheik Modar Thamir, the leader in one of the communities. “Now we have fresh drinking water.”

“This is the first project we've started and completed,” explained Maj. Herb Joliat, civil military operations officer for 1st Brigade Combat Team. “The immediate impact was the storage tanks. (The previous unit) put in the compact water treatment units, but they couldn't be used because they weren't connected to anything.”

The water pump takes the water from the canal network, and the compact water treatment unit purifies the water. Generators provide electricity to run the pump and the CWTU. The new tanks store the purified water and have faucets on the outside to allow the local population to fill household containers and bring the fresh water home with them.

The communities serviced by the water storage tanks are Al Raood, Banat Al Hasan, Tarbulia and Uhm Najim.

“This (project) is something we gave them,” added Joliat.

In the 1st BCT area of Iraq, relationships are being built daily between the citizens and the Coalition Forces. The Iraqi Security Forces, supported by the Coalition Forces, are helping the people of these villages by providing infrastructure and essential services in addition to providing a safe and secure environment to set the stage for a prosperous future.
(Above from MNF-I Combined Press Information Center news release)

AubreyJ says: There is so... so much being achieved over in Iraq these days... Afghanistan too... and the MSM will never report about it. No... All they’re going to report on is that everything is going to heck in a handbasket.

Now if I remember right... the first drumbeat from the left and left MSM was the war was a lie... than a Quagmire... now it’s CIVIL WAR. In a few months I still think Iraq will be reported on about as much as Afghanistan... and that's Not Much. Why??? IRAN.........