Project to set up 24 solar-powered drinking water stations in Wassit

WASSIT / IraqiNews.com: Twenty-four solar-powered potable water stations will be built in a number of villages of Wassit, according to the province’s information director on Sunday. “The stations, with a capacity of 1-5 cubic meter/hour, will be established in 14 districts and tows,” Majed al-Atabi told IraqiNews.com news agency. He added that the stations will be saving a lot of electricity, relying totally on solar energy. Wassit lies 180 km southeast of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. AmR (P)/SR 2