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Situation inside the city of Falluja

 

UNICEF/WES Section/emergency team

Date: 27 December 2004

 

On 25, 26 December 2004, visits to Anbar Directorate of water and AL-Azraqiyah WTP were made to stand on the actual situation inside Falluja, the following were reported:

·       Security and accessibility

1.     According to the attached Falluja map, the Red bordered area is accessible only for Iraqi emergency officials and one family member who live in that sector.

2.     The rest areas are completely inaccessible for the time being.

·        Utilities

1.     Complete paralysis in most of utilities in parallel with huge collapse in the infrastructures.

2.     An official committee was formed to undertake urgent actions to reduce the burden of services failure in the accessible area.

 

·      Water projects and  networks situation:

According to head of emergency official water team the following were reported:

1.    Networks:

The initial assessments for the damaged networks are 80%, thus water treatment plants, if to be operated, can not pump water to the end-users.

2.    Elevated tanks:

The three elevated tanks inside Falluja are out of function due to direct shoots.

3.    Projects:

The below table summarized the actual situation of Falluja projects:

 

project

Accessibility

Capacity

(m3/day)

Status

Damages

Al-Azraqiyah WTP

Accessible

43,000

Partially working

Pump out of three intake pumps and control panel, two Alum dosing units, chlorine dosing unit.

Al-Falluja Old WTP

Accessible with permission

12,000

Partially working

Sedimentation tank repair

Al-Resala CU

Accessible with permission

500

Not working

Two pressure filters, two low lift pumps

Al-Shouhada’a new CUs

inaccessible

2×2,000

Not working

NA

Al-Shouhada’a Old CU

inaccessible

500

Not working

NA

Jubail CU

inaccessible

500

Not working

NA

Al-Neaimyah

inaccessible

500

Not working

NA

Recommendations:

1-      Trying to speed up the awarding of AL-Azraqiayh and Falluja city elevated tanks CAGs which are still at bidding process in General Directorate of Water.

2-      Delivering of additional two mobile compact units as requested by Anbar Directorate of water letter No. 4359 dated on 25 December 2004.

3-      Distribute water via tankers to Falluja returnees.

4-      Facilitate Anbar / Falluja projects contracts submitted to supply section.

5-      Undertake delivering the collapsible bags and purification tablets mentioned in the last emergency team e-mail.

6-      Co-ordinate with the NGOs working in same area to avoid interference in services delivering.  

 

 

Old Bridge

 

New Bridge

 

Baghdad-Fallujah old road entrance

 

AL-Fallujah Old WTP

 

Al-Azraqiyah WTP

 

AL-Neaimyah CU

 

Jubail CU

 

AL-Shouhada’a CUs CU

 

AL-Resala CU

 

AL-Sejer entrance

 

AL-Saqlawiyah  entrance

 

Accessible area