In Iraq, a wide range of sustainable development projects relating to the education, health, environment and water supply sectors are currently in progress. Eni assists the Iraqi government in tackling the water crisis in the country's south, especially in the Basra Governorate. Specific objectives to tackle the crisis include the supply of drinking water in compliance with international per capita consumption standards, the expansion of water networks and the improvement of distribution systems. For this reason, we are working with the local authorities to contribute to the national plan to support access to water in the Basra Governorate with the implementation of multiple infrastructure projects to produce drinking water.
Iraq
2019 – 2025
Access to water and sanitationIn coordination with the European Union (EU), UNICEF and the local government, to address the water crisis Eni is contributing to a programme aimed at improving water quality in the city of Basra. In particular, we are supporting the national plan for access to clean and drinking water through implementing multiple infrastructure projects including Al Baradhiya water treatment plant In Basra city and Al Burjasia reverse osmosis plant in Al Zubair area. Additionally, Eni is collaborating with the directorate of Water in Basra to implement additional water treatment plants tackling the water crisis in country.
The intervention concerned the installation of a pretreatment and a reverse osmosis plant divided into two trains. The project launched in 2019 and completed in 2025 by adding the full plant in service, additionally, a field training programme organized for future operators of the Basra Water Directorate to ensure the sustainable and efficient management of the project. Furthermore, we are currently implementing additional phase to improve the water quality at the raw water inlet.
This intervention also concerned the modernisation of a reverse osmosis treatment plant. The Al Burjasia project began in 2019 and was divided into two phases: between 2019 and 2022 for the execution and the restoration of the existing plant, and in 2023 for the completion of the pipelines redevelopment connecting the plant to the national networks.
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