Post by aric on Apr 29, 2006 1:44:09 GMT -5
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ANOTHER KIND OF "BLACK WATER" IN IRAQ
This morning the Democratic Policy Committee (DPC) held a follow-up hearing regarding Halliburton subsidiary KBR’s failure to test and treat water provided to military installations throughout Iraq. This water was to be used for showering, washing clothes, and other tasks that required non-potable water. The first of three to testify at this morning’s hearing was Jeffery Griffiths M.D., Associate Professor of Public Health and Family Medicine at Tufts School of Medicine. What he had to say resonated greatly with the panel.
“They are essentially bathing in poop over there,” was one particularly noteworthy line.
It is unfortunate that the poop spa comes with a $425 million-a-month price tag for the taxpayer. Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America's Rich Murphy also testified about the murky situation. He and the other Iraq War veteran to testify made it very clear that KBR needs to be held accountable for this.
The Granger Report and Ben Carter's testimony to the DPC in January show the many deficiencies in KBR’s ability to provide non-potable water to the men and women serving in Iraq. Water from the Euphrates river passes through a Reverse Osmosis Water Purification Unit (ROWPU) that filters 99% of contaminants to become potable water. The waste water that leaves the ROWPU has approximately two times the contamination as the Euphrates River water and is supposed to be returned to the river. Instead, this remaining waste was then being loaded into trucks straight to the showers our soldiers used. The amount of contaminants Iraq water has to offer are endless.
Sounds to us like KBR might be in some deep doo-doo.
This morning the Democratic Policy Committee (DPC) held a follow-up hearing regarding Halliburton subsidiary KBR’s failure to test and treat water provided to military installations throughout Iraq. This water was to be used for showering, washing clothes, and other tasks that required non-potable water. The first of three to testify at this morning’s hearing was Jeffery Griffiths M.D., Associate Professor of Public Health and Family Medicine at Tufts School of Medicine. What he had to say resonated greatly with the panel.
“They are essentially bathing in poop over there,” was one particularly noteworthy line.
It is unfortunate that the poop spa comes with a $425 million-a-month price tag for the taxpayer. Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America's Rich Murphy also testified about the murky situation. He and the other Iraq War veteran to testify made it very clear that KBR needs to be held accountable for this.
The Granger Report and Ben Carter's testimony to the DPC in January show the many deficiencies in KBR’s ability to provide non-potable water to the men and women serving in Iraq. Water from the Euphrates river passes through a Reverse Osmosis Water Purification Unit (ROWPU) that filters 99% of contaminants to become potable water. The waste water that leaves the ROWPU has approximately two times the contamination as the Euphrates River water and is supposed to be returned to the river. Instead, this remaining waste was then being loaded into trucks straight to the showers our soldiers used. The amount of contaminants Iraq water has to offer are endless.
Sounds to us like KBR might be in some deep doo-doo.