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Iraq's Minister of Electricity , met

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with engineers and toured the Haditha

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Dam in May to see firsthand the sources

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providing power to the province . His

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visit was important because it showed

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the national government is concerned

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about provincial issues . The facility

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was completed in 1986 and is the second

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largest dam in Iraq , next to the one

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in Mosul . The Haditha Dam is located

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about 130 miles northwest of Baghdad ,

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along the Euphrates River , just north

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of the city . Coalition forces have

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been living in and guarding the since

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early 2003 . The six turbine hydro

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power plant generates electricity ,

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which is then distributed throughout

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the province , but a noticeable drought

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has resulted in low water levels at the

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source , threatening the maximum output

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of electricity for those who rely on it .

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I think the difficulty with the drought

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is that it's not producing as much

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electricity as it could do . So it's

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only running at a proportion of its

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full capacity , but great facility and

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hopefully one drought . Please be

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producing a lot of power back for Iran .

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Low water levels are not at a critical

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stage , but it is causing officials to

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take notice and step up the search for

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additional power , like completing

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construction of the two high power

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plant , which will provide more

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continuous power service throughout the

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province from Camp Ramadi and Staff

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Sergeant Amy foresight .