Sewer Project Helps Baghdad Community Clean Up Streets

By Norris Jones | Special to American Forces Press Service
BAGHDAD, Jan. 3, 2008 - Thousands of families in eastern Baghdad soon will have their neighborhoods free of raw sewage in the streets.

Iraqi construction workers are completing a $30 million sewer project in Kamaliya, southeast of Sadr City. About 36 miles of sewer pipe has been installed, and 10 pump stations were built, with the largest having the capacity to move more than 2,000 cubic meters of water per hour.

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