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June 1, 2004
Release Number: 04-06-04
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SOLDIERS, IRAQIS FIX FAULTY SEWAGE FACILITIES
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Over the next 12 to 18 months, the 5th Brigade Combat Team of the 1st Cavalry Division plans to help the people of Al Rashid solve their sewage problems.
At a ground breaking ceremony to replace a faulty sewage pumping station in Al Rashid May 26, Maj. Gen. Peter Chiarelli, the 1st Cavalry Division commander, explained the plan for overhauling the district's neglected sewage system.
With $40 million from the Coalition Provisional Authority approved for the project, Iraqi contractors will do most of the work with oversight from the 5th BCT and an American contractor.
Capt. Matthew McCulley, the Company B commander, 8th Engineer Battalion, explained that Al Rashid's sewage problem is largely a result of the district's trash problem.
McCulley said "the biggest problem is just the trash getting into the system and people throwing trash in the manholes, causing the system to block up and backlog."
To fix the broken system, 5th BCT is working on projects to solve the area's lack of trash-collection facilities.
The 5th BCT will contract local Iraqi companies to clean manholes, fix broken lines and get substations running at 100 percent capacity.
In addition to fixing the existing system, the plan calls for building new lines to areas that never had sewer service. In these areas, raw sewage currently runs from homes into open canals that run through the center of town.
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