Posted on 04/16/2008 4:42:11 PM PDT by SandRat
The new well, located at the al-Hamza School in Bayjia, is capable of producing 6000 gallons of fresh water per day and will service both communities.
The well has a water-purification process with the capability to purify 1000 liters of water each hour. The fresh water will improve the standard of living and public health.
“It will help decrease disease and improve the overall health of the people in Zambraniya and Bayjia,” said Capt. John Whitehead, from Holland, Ohio, assistant operations officer for 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division.
Commander’s Emergency Relief Program funds paid for construction of the well, which draws water from the Tigris River. The project also enabled a local contractor to employ 10 area citizens for the 30 days it was being built.
First Lt. Ismail Khan, fire support officer for Company A, 1-30th Inf. Regt., said the well is a step towards normalcy in the area.
“Having this well at the al-Hamza School is great for the health and morale of the local people,” the Houston native said. “They are seeing improvements being made and they are really gaining a sense of pride and togetherness within their community.”
(2nd BCT, 3rd Inf. Div. PAO)
Good project, but isn’t an artesian well one that operates under natural pressure? This one reads like it draws water from the river and then runs it through a purification process.
We had a well that suddenly turned artesian. I t happened while the hired man was pumping water from it.
The water suddenly welled up and began shooting out of the top.
It scared him so bad he took off running screaming ‘the world is ending, the world is ending’!
Somebody got an artesian just up the road one spring. It converted about ten residential lots to one lake in a week.
Those evil Americans again. s/
I think they mean that the well is recharged by the Tigris River. What likely is really happening is the subsurface groundwater that supports the surface water i.e. Tigris River, is recharging the well and has a hydrostatic head above the top of the well casing causing artesian flow.
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