After the United States spent more than $40 billion to rebuild Iraq's faltering electricity, water, sewage, transportation and petroleum sectors, with mixed results at best, Iraq's failure to devote its own resources to continue the task brought severe criticism from Western government and technical organizations.
To provide the necessary incentives for the private sector, water and sewage tariffs may have to be raised.
Those sectors included electricity, sewage, water and health programs, from hospitals to smaller community health centers.
The water and wastewater sectors, which clean our sewage and provide us with safe and affordable drinking water, are among the most targeted areas of critical infrastructure today.
In concreto, "Plastic products", "Printing, plate making and book binding", "Real estate rental services", "Research and development (intra-enterprise)" and "Sewage disposal" are the top five sectors showing large changes from 2000 to 2005.
Industrial waste and sewage are included as concerns for the sector and there is an overall call for increased protection of water bodies.
(1) an astounding depth of need across sectors from water to roads, sewage to rails.
Education about public health and adequate sewage treatment must be provided by the public sector, to guarantee safer consumption and environmental health.
It is suggested that urban systems studies must integrate the energy, water, sewage, construction, industrial production, information, and health care sectors within a city, as well as address impacts on the whole environment, including water, air, land, and bio resources.
