Iraq to build new drainage system in Hilla with financing from the UK

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – UK Export Finance (UKEF) recently disclosed that it obtained £226 million ($285 million) in funding for the Iraqi government to build over 350 kilometers of drainage systems, as well as 15 kilometers of stormwater and wastewater lifting terminals in Hilla, 100 kilometers south of Baghdad.

After the project is finished, the network should be able to treat up to 20 million cubic meters of water annually, providing hundreds of thousands of people with better sanitation and clean water for over 25,000 houses.

The…