3000 Ghazni residents get new water supply network

Ghazni PRT

Earlier in the week, the second phase of a major development project concluded where a water supply network was expanded in the southern part of Ghazni city. The work was managed by the Ghazni Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT).

According to a NATO news release today, “almost 8 kilometers of pipeline and necessary fittings were installed, along with the supporting infrastructure such as water supply connections and masonry wells.” Last year, under the first phase, 7.5 kilometers of pipeline were placed and attached to 231 homes. “Collectively, the city of Ghazni has gained nearly 16 kilometers of new water supply lines, which services about 500 homes. The total value of the two phases of the project is approximately $460,000.”

The residents will no longer waste time getting water out of small wells, and their water source is now much cleaner as the wells they used previously sometimes were polluted with harmful chemicals. The NATO report said that “preliminary studies carried out in approximately 33 percent of randomly selected wells in the city of Ghazni found the water exceeded the World Health Organization’s standards for arsenic content.”

A PRT engineer and project manager said that water supply is only one stage of development of urban infrastructure in Ghazni. He said next a project to construct a municipal sewage treatment plant should start next year.

November 11, 2010 · admin · No Comments
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