Iraq Signs Contract to Implement Water Strategy with Italian Companies

Baghdad, 30 April 2010 - Aswat Al Iraq

Minister of Water Resources, Abdulatief Jamal Rashied, signed on Thursday implementing strategic study of Iraq’s water and lands resources contract with Italian SGI and MED companies at a cost of $35.8 million, according to a Ministry statement.

“The contract will be implemented within 42 months,” said the statement received by Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

“The long term study represents the future policy of the water situation in Iraq, as it includes a comprehensive plan to develop water resources in Iraq until 2035 through the integrated management of the water resources,” the statement quoted the minister as saying.