Reconstruction in Iraq

A LOT more than you think or know..

Published on January 30, 2007 By ShadowWar In Current Events

Sector Overview: Current Status –Final Effects

3* GRD-PCO Contribution (does not include impact of other agencies’projects unless stated otherwise) Source: Multiple GRD-PCO Management Reports

Infrastructure SectorCurrent Progress

Final Effects

Electricity1,420 MW capacity added*Increased power generation to 1.3 million homes*Improved Electricity Distributionto approximately 372K Homes*Hours of Power: 7.5 Iraq, 4.5 Baghdad (last week average)1,879 MW capacity added* (2,555 for all USG projects)Increased power generation to 1.7 million homes*Improved Electricity Distribution to approximately 822K Homes*Hours of Power: 10-12 Iraqi, 10-12 BaghdadOil2.5 Million Barrels Per Day (MBPD) production capacityApproximately 2.0 MBPD actual productionLiquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) production capacity of 1,200 Tons per Day3.0 MBPD oil production capacityLPG production capacity production capacity of 3,000 Tons per Day

Water & SewerAdded 433,000 cubic meters per day of water treatment capacity (benefits an estimated 2.2 million Iraqis)* 1,136,000 cubic meters per day of water treatment capacity (will benefit approximately 5.2 million Iraqis*. All USG projects will benefit 8.4 million Iraqis)

HealthNine IRRF-funded Primary Healthcare Centers (PHC) completed (seven of these are open). Remaining 132 PHCs under contract.15 IRRF-funded hospitals rehabilitation projects completed141 PHCs serving a population of 5 to 6.5 million Iraqis26 IRRF-funded hospital rehabilitation projects

Education808 IRRF-funded schools providing classrooms for 323,200 students*811 IRRF-funded schools providing classrooms for 324,000 students*

Security & Justice3 Training Academy Projects92 Fire Station Projects264 Border Forts5 Training Academy Projects97 Fire Station Projects267 Border Forts

Transportation & Communications38 Village Road Projects 91 Railway Station Renovations14 Aviation ProjectsProvided emergency response dispatch system (‘911’service) covering 12 million Iraqis in 15 cities94 Village Road Projects 98 Railway Station Renovations19 Aviation Projects

Compiled By: John Daley, Emily LaMarsh, PCO WashingtonAs of: January 26, 2007•Over $10.4 billion of the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund (IRRF) has been disbursed by DoD, representing 77.2% of total funds allocated to DoD•3,367 projects starts (out of 3,438 planned projects). This number includes the DoD projects funded by the IRRF and the Development Fund for Iraq (DFI)•2,740 projects are complete

Comments

greywar

on Jan 30, 2007

Saw these every week in theatre... Amazing how the press isn't interested in any of it even in aggregate.

bakerstreet

on Jan 30, 2007

Even more I hate that we are calling it REconstruction. In reality most of this stuff wasn't there under Hussein. The implication is that we blew up all this stuff and we are now rebuilding it, when in reality they never had this stuff to begin with.

It pisses me off when reporters say x amount of electricity is being "restored" to Iraq, when a lot of Iraq wasn't even wired to begin with. I hope that history will see things more clearly, but I'm afraid in the 'wikipedia' future we're just going to remember the myth.

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