The Bartella Water Plant, which will supply a wide segment of the areas of the Nineveh Plain, was inaugurated on 7 December by Nineveh Governor Abdulqadir al-Dakhil and a number of officials.
In a video released by the Governor's office, he explained that the Nineveh Plain previously relied on the Hamdaniya water treatment plant, which was established in the 1980s. With the significant increase in population, the plant could no longer meet the growing demand for water. He added that the new plant was launched to meet these needs and to provide drinking water according to the highest technical standards.
The project has been funded by the German Development Bank through a loan and designed by German company Voltech.
The Assyria Post
Ammar Adel Al-Maliki, Director General of the General Directorate of Water at the Ministry, confirmed in an interview with the Iraqi News Agency (INA) that “the Al-Salamiyah–Bartella pipeline project is part of externally funded infrastructure programs and has now officially entered service.” He also announced “significant progress on other key projects,” noting that the Alqosh water project has reached a 71% completion rate.
Al-Maliki further revealed “promising future plans for the governorate,” including the Al-Hamdaniya–Bashiqa water project, which will have a capacity of 8,000 m³/h. He added that Iraq’s largest water project, the Sinjar–Ayadiyah–Rabia system, is also underway, designed to produce 16,000 m³/h with transmission pipelines extending up to 655 kilometers. He stressed that “the completion of this system will finally put an end to water scarcity in Nineveh.”
The new water treatment plant is the latest in a series of infrastructure projects implemented for the residents of the Nineveh Plain Region since the defeat of ISIS, raising the quality of life significantly for Assyrians and other in the region.
