News Water/Wastewater Report Finds Iraq Water Treatment Project to Be Late, Faulty and Over Budget
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A huge American-financed wastewater treatment plant in the desert city of Fallujah, which United States troops assaulted twice to root out insurgents in 2004, was supposed to be the centerpiece of an effort to rebuild Iraq, a country smashed by war and neglect, and bring Western standards of sanitation.

Instead, the project, which has tripled in cost from original plans to $100 million and has fallen about three years behind schedule, has become an example of the failed and often oversold program to rebuild Iraq’s infrastructure with American dollars and skill.

Source: Associated Press

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