Preserving Lebanon’s Water before the Wells Run Dry

World Bank

For years, Lebanon struggled with water shortages in the summer and fall but, in 2014, the combination of a particularly severe drought and the strain more than a million Syrian refugees were placing on Lebanon’s infrastructure, made the problem more acute. Lebanon stores-up only six percent of its fresh water supplies, though the Middle East and North Africa region’s average is much higher than that. As a result, a significant portion of Lebanon’s fresh water supply is lost.

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