Karama Water Treatment Plant
Water treatment plant, 227,000 m3/day design; 180,000 m3/day actual in April 2006 in Iraq.
Operational
The record
- Country
- Iraq
- Location
- Baghdad
- Coordinates
- 33.357, 44.356
- Technology
- Water treatment plant
- Capacity
- 227,000 m3/day design; 180,000 m3/day actual in April 2006
- Capital cost
- —
- Stage
- Operational
- Owner or client
- Baghdad Water Authority
- Contractor
- —
- Operator
- Baghdad Water Authority
- Finance
- Government of Iraq
- Award or start year
- 1984
- Commissioned
- 1984
Record last checked 2026-09-20.
History
- 1984
plant commissioned on the Karkh side serving distribution zone K1
- 2006-04
Baghdad Water Authority recorded actual output of 180,000 m3/day with manual pumping control
Sources
2 references
Every field in the record above is taken from the references below. A field that none of them confirms prints as a dash.
- JICA, The Feasibility Study on Baghdad Water Supply System Improvement Project in the Republic of Iraq, Main Report, section 4.4.3 and tables 4.4.2 to 4.4.4. openjicareport.jica.go.jp.
- MENA Water Review major projects register and PPP pipeline — compiled from procurer publications, development-bank project pages and trade reporting; each record names its source.
Plant capacities are Baghdad Water Authority figures as of April 2006. Karama WTP on the Karkh side is listed at 227,000 m3/day designed and 180,000 m3/day actual, connected to distribution mains in zone K1, described as a 1984 plant still functional, with the pumping station under manual control and the automatic chlorine system not working. Coordinates from the OpenStreetMap industrial site named مشروع الكرامة and Karama Water Treatment Plant, in Al-Atifiyah on the Karkh side of Baghdad.