If Lebanon has always had the reputation of being the “water tower” of the Middle East, this situation is unfortunately being eroded.
Lebanon receives on average a volume of 9000 Mm3 of water per year, of which 2500 Mm3 is usable for domestic, industrial and agricultural needs.
At present, there is significant waste in terms of leaks in the distribution networks (estimated at 50% on average) and abusive use of underground resources (there are more than 50,000 boreholes in Lebanon, i.e. 5 boreholes per km²).
At the institutional level, action to enforce laws and regulations is essential to prepare the country to meet future needs.
Forecasts of future needs show that resources will reach their capacity limit before 2035.
It is therefore imperative that all measures be taken urgently to ensure the country’s water supply.
- Institutional: implementation of the laws and regulations existing to date (mainly concerning the protection of resources and the control of private drilling) including the Water Code, and setting up of an independent regulatory authority gathering the various stakeholders concerned.
- Human: recruitment of competent managers, optimization of the number of employees in the water sector, staff training.
- Technical: development of non-conventional resources, rehabilitation of existing equipment, strengthening of network interconnection, implementation and use of modern management tools.
- Consumer relations: implementation of generalized metering, definition of an adapted tariff grid, development of customer relations.
- Sanitation: implementation of a sanitation and water treatment investment plan.
- Communication: implementation of communication plans for the economy and the protection of resources.
- Promotion of water-efficient industry and water reuse.
- Development of an agricultural strategy to promote optimized irrigation and the use of plant varieties adapted to water stress conditions.
Forecasts of future water needs show that resources will reach their capacity limit before 2035.
- Law on the organization of the water sector in Lebanon
- EMWIS Water and Sanitation Lebanon
- MEE UNDP assessment of groundwater in Lebanon
- Key issues in wastewater management in Lebanon
- Water Code 2018
- Outcomes of the 2nd Lebanon Water Forum
- Assessment of water needs and resources in Lebanon
- Lebanon squanders its water
- State of the environment and its trends in Lebanon
- Water in Lebanon Strategic Management
- Lebanon Water sector assistance strategy
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