Water treatment, cooling and pumping... Tasks performed by the Department between the Two Holy Shrines to serve visitors

The cooling and desalination unit in the Department between the Two Holy Shrines makes great and continuous efforts to serve the visitors of Imam al-Hussayn and his brother Aba al-Fadl al-Abbas (peace be upon them) by providing drinking water and ablution water.

The Unit of the Maintenance Division in the Department between the Two Holy Shrines at the Al-Abbas's (p) holy shrine, takes has the duty to provide drinking water to visitors and work on the maintenance of stations and fountains, as explained to the News Center by its official; Mr. Mohammed Jassim.

"The Unit has three tasks, the first is the treatment and desalination of RO water, cooling it and equipping the drinking outlets, the second is pumping water to the ablution places of visitors, and the third is the preparation of RO water for spray fans in coordination with the Imam al-Hussayn's (p) Holy Shrine to pump it in hot weather times," he added.

Jassim explained that the Unit's work also includes the maintenance of fountains, pumps and calcification treatments in filters, pointing out that after the end of the Ziyarat Arba'een, the Unit began a comprehensive maintenance process for the fountains, which worked with high efficiency and maximum energy."

He added that the filters consist of sand that treats impurities, carbon for chlorine and odors, and two filters that treat calcifications and can be considered as protection systems for the "Membrane water treatment", which needs care because it is expensive and works to treat dissolved salts, algae and some types of bacteria.