Polish Humanitarian Organisation (PHO) started a new project aiming at improving water quality and sanitary conditions in Iraq. Water purification plants (WPP) are the only source of potable water in towns and villages of Babil. In the 80's over a thousand of those plants were built. In the 90's due to both improper management of Iraqi authorities and lack of funds the WPP system was almost completely destroyed what caused a major aggraviation of sanitary conditions in the region. No access to safe water increased death rates, mostly among young Iraqis. A quarter of children deaths is caused by the lack of access to clean water and proper sanitary conditions. In 2006 Polish Humanitarian Organisation repaired seven water purification systems and then hand them over to the local community.

In July 2007, thanks to the financial means of the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, WPP started building the next water purification system which is to produce 50 cubic meters of clean water per hour. Within the project a seven-meter-long pipeline will be built. It will distribute water among househols in the village of Saied Esmail located in the region of Ablu Garak.

The Programme Department in Al-Hilla in Iraq ia a partner of PHO and it is responisible for cunducting and financing a significant part of the project. The works will be finished in November.