Rebuilding Iraq: U.S. Water and Sanitation Efforts Need Improved Measures for Assessing Impact and Sustained Resources for Maintaining Facilities

Abstract

After security conditions in Iraq began to deteriorate in June 2003, the U.S.-led Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) included restoring essential services in Iraq, such as water and sanitation, as part of its strategy for establishing a secure, peaceful, and democratic Iraq. From 1991 to 2003, a decreasing number of Iraqis had access to safe drinking water and sanitation services, and water-borne disease rates rose. The United States has made available $2.6 billion for rebuilding the water and sanitation sector. As part of GAO's review of Iraq reconstruction under the Comptroller Generals authority, we assessed U.S. activities in the water and sanitation sector, including (1) the funding and status of U.S. activities, (2) U.S. efforts to measure progress, (3) the factors affecting the implementation of reconstruction activities, and (4) the sustainability of U.S.-funded projects.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2005
Accession Number
AD1182919

Entities

People

  • Joseph Christof

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accountability
  • Business Administration
  • Comptrollers
  • Congress
  • Department Of Defense
  • Department Of State
  • Digestive System Processes
  • Drinking Water
  • Economics
  • Electronic Mail
  • Governments
  • House Of Representatives
  • International Relations
  • Law
  • Money
  • National Security
  • Sanitation
  • Security
  • Social Sciences
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • Urban Areas
  • Water Purification
  • Water Supplies

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.