11.  Mud-splattered men hack down tangled grass and scoop up handfuls of muck, clearing a canal that will bring badly needed water to their farms.

12.  The ICRC provided badly needed water and health supplies as well as carrying out key repairs on sanitation and water pipes.

13.  The large pumping projects are often subsidized by governments to get needed water to farmers and thirsty cities, she said.

14.  The plants can cover large areas of water forming islands that hinder water traffic and use up badly needed water.

15.  Washington also criticized a key proposal in the rival British draft resolution that was intended to speed up delivery to Iraq of badly needed water and sanitation equipment.

16.  These cover other items such as urgently needed water filters and emergency water pump equipment, collapsable watertanks, plastic sheeting and other releif items he said.