Feb 08 2008
Aski Mosul Site Visit
I headed out about 0700 this morning with Mike and Glenn to visit one of our projects in the Aski Mosul region. This area is northwest of the city of Mosul, south of the reservoir formed by the Mosul Dam. The drive was uneventful, just like I prefer. After about 1.5 hours on the road (and off the road at times), our 4-vehicle convoy arrived at the Aski Mosul Drinking Water Treatment Plant (DWTP). The contractor had been awaiting the delivery of some new pumps so that he can complete this project over the next few weeks. I was pleasantly surprised to see the 4 new pumps on site with 1 of the 4 already installed. Here’s a view from the project site looking north.
There’s not much scenery in this area. Gee, from the office in Dahuk, sent me a few pictures from a recent site visit he conducted. The project site is only about 30 miles north of the Aski Mosul project, in the mountains north of Dahuk.
As a classic Far Side cartoon once said, “Same planet, different worlds”. Oh well, I don’t really like the snow anyway!
If we still lived in Wisconsin, last week we would have gotten a foot of snow in one day. I still remember when you went out running during a blizzard there convinced that the metal spikes on your shoes would keep you upright.
i would love to see the snow
but not live there 🙂