Young children from Sadr City, Iraq, line up for fresh, clean water at the Thawrat-Al-Hijara School, Aug 9, 2005. The school received the first of 27 water compact units and is producing 15,000 liters of water per day. By September 2005, 27 units will be in operation throughout the city offering a combined output of over 400,000 liters daily. The Iraqi Ministry of Education and Water, the Amanat, and the local city government is coordinating the program. U.S. Army photo by Norris Jones


Kareem, Fallujah's electric network manager, checks a spool of electrical cable at Camp Fallujah's 10,000-square-meter laydown yard in Iraq. Kareem toured the site Aug. 13, 2005, to see the first shipment of $425,000 worth of transformers, power lines, utility poles, conductors, switchboards and insulators that will be used to upgrade Fallujah's electric network. In all, up to $22 million of electrical materials will eventually be purchased. U.S. Army photo by Norris Jones


Iraqi construction workers build walls for the new Al Tamoz Primary Healthcare Center, one of six new primary healthcare centers, in Sadr City, Iraq, Aug 9, 2005. The centers are currently between 20 to 40 percent complete under contracts totaling $3.7 million and are scheduled to open later this year. Each is a two-story, 1,155 square meter facility providing space for medical/dental examination and treatment, x-ray capabilities, vaccination, testing lab, pharmacy and public education. U.S. Army photo by Norris Jones


U.S. Army Maj. Dan Hibner and the Fallujah Water Department director review the drawings of a proposed new water main in Fallujah, Iraq, Aug. 22, 2005. Hibner is the officer in charge of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Gulf Region Central District Fallujah Office. U.S. Army photo by Norris Jones


U.S. Army Lt. Col. Jamie Gayton looks over an aerator at Iraq's largest sewage treatment facility in Rustamiyah, Iraq, Aug 5, 2005. The aerator underwent an extensive renovation. The facility is treating 100 percent of all effluent coming from the 2 million residents of Sadr City and is capable of handling 470,000 cubic meters per day (86,000 gallons per minute). Gayton is the brigade troops battalion commander, assigned to the 2nd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division. U.S. Army photo by Norris Jones


Patricia Mason, Gulf Region Central District, inventories utility poles being delivered to Forward Operating Base Loyalty, as materials start to arrive for a new $106 million electrical network being installed in Sadr City, Iraq. The first 500 nine-meter poles have been delivered. The project calls for over 30,000 utility poles, 23,820 street lights, and 294 transformers. U.S. Army photo by Norris Jones


The Al Thalith Primary Healthcare Center, shown here on Aug. 9, 2005, is one of the six new primary healthcare centers in Sadr City, Iraq. The centers are currently between 20 to 60 percent complete under contracts totaling $3.7 million and are scheduled to open later in 2005. Each is a two-story, 1,155 square meter facility providing space for medical/dental examination and treatment, X-ray capabilities, vaccination, testing lab, pharmacy and public education. U.S. Army photo by Norris Jones