Iraq Spending

Iraq Spending

$277 Million Uncompleted Nassiriya Water Treatment Plant

The wastewater treatment plant in Nassiriya cost $277 million and is widely viewed as a failure…Probably because the project was supposed to serve 550,000 people in five surrounding cities, but was build without access to reliable and affordable electric power supply. The final project, completed in 2010, ended up produce “murky water” that local residents weren’t able to use.

UN Environment Programme/SIGIR