Yes, the water pump is on the driver's side of Duratec Contour/Mystique models (well, US models). The water pump is driven by a pulley on the end of one of the front-bank camshafts. If you take the plastic engine cover off, you'll see the camshaft pulley, the water pump pulley and another pulley that's actually a spring tensioner.
The 60,000 mile replacement you've read about applies only to belts. Many, though not all, cars with timing belts also use the belt to run the water pump. Since the majority of the cost in replacing the timing belt is labor, it's often a good idea to replace the water pump (which is fairly cheap) while it's apart. Of course, this doesn't apply to water pumps that don't run off of the timing belt.
In general, timing chains are only used to run the cams, not other engine accessories.
Timing chains usually last for the life of the engine (though this can depend on the engine type). For example, the timing chain in my pushrod Mustang GT is still original at 207K miles; no problems. However, at the other end of the spectrum, timing chains on some older Porsche 911 engines (I hope to get one of these air-cooled, boxer-layout, flat 6 cylinder models some day) recommend servicing the chains every 60K miles (the plastic chain guides wear).
