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Water supply and sanitation in Lebanon

Index Water supply and sanitation in Lebanon

This article's last major overhaul was conducted in December 2013. Water supply and sanitation in Lebanon is characterized by a number of achievements and challenges. [1]

52 relations: Abraham River, Amal Movement, Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development, Awali (river), Baabda, Baalbek, Damour, Damour river, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit, European Investment Bank, Food and Agriculture Organization, French Development Agency, Global Communities, Global Water Partnership, Gross domestic product, Hasbani River, Improved water source, Integrated water resources management, Islamic Development Bank, Jabal Amel, Jeita, Jezzine, Jordan River, Keserwan District, Khalde, Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development, Lebanese Civil War, Lebanese Council for Development and Reconstruction, Lebanon, Lille, Litani River, Marine outfall, Mercy Corps, Mount Lebanon, Nabatieh Governorate, Nabih Berri, Non-revenue water, Opportunity cost, Orontes River, Sidon, Suez Environnement, Technisches Hilfswerk, United States Agency for International Development, Value-added tax, Wastewater treatment, Water scarcity, Water supply and sanitation in Egypt, Water supply and sanitation in Jordan, Water supply and sanitation in Syria, World Bank, ..., YMCA, 2006 Lebanon War. Expand index (2 more) »

Abraham River

The Abraham River (Nahr Ibrahim) also known as Adonis River, is a small river in the Mount Lebanon Governorate in Lebanon, with a length of about.

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Amal Movement

The Amal Movement (or Hope Movement in English, حركة أمل) is a Lebanese political party associated with Lebanon's Shia community.

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Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development

The Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD) is a Kuwait-based pan-Arab development finance institution.

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Awali (river)

The Awali (نهر الأولي / ALA-LC: Nahr al-Awalī) is a perennial river flowing in Southern Lebanon.

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Baabda

Baabda (بعبدا) is the capital city of Baabda District as well as the capital of Mount Lebanon Governorate, western Lebanon.

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Baalbek

Baalbek, properly Baʿalbek (بعلبك) and also known as Balbec, Baalbec or Baalbeck, is a city in the Anti-Lebanon foothills east of the Litani River in Lebanon's Beqaa Valley, about northeast of Beirut and about north of Damascus.

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Damour

Damour (الدامور) is a Lebanese Christian town that is south of Beirut.

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Damour river

Damour river or (Nahr Al Damour) is a coastal river in the Mount Lebanon Governorate in Lebanon.

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Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit

The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH or GIZ in short (English: German Corporation for International Cooperation GmbH) is a German development agency headquartered in Bonn and Eschborn that provides services in the field of international development cooperation.

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European Investment Bank

The European Investment Bank (EIB) is the European Union's nonprofit long-term lending institution established in 1958 under the Treaty of Rome.

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Food and Agriculture Organization

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO; Organisation des Nations unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture, Organizzazione delle Nazioni Unite per l'Alimentazione e l'Agricoltura) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger.

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French Development Agency

French Development Agency (Agence française de développement, AFD) is a public financial institution that implements the policy defined by the French Government.

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Global Communities

Global Communities (formerly CHF International) is an international development and humanitarian aid organization that operates in approximately 25 countries per year.

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Global Water Partnership

The Global Water Partnership (GWP) is an international network created to foster an integrated approach to water resources management (IWRM).

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Gross domestic product

Gross domestic product (GDP) is a monetary measure of the market value of all final goods and services produced in a period (quarterly or yearly) of time.

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Hasbani River

The Hasbani River (الحاصباني / ALA-LC: al-Ḥāṣbānī; חצבני Hatzbani) or Snir Stream (נחל שניר / Nahal Snir), is the major tributary of the Jordan River.

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Improved water source

An improved water source (or improved drinking-water source or improved water supply) is a term used to categorize certain types or levels of water supply for monitoring purposes.

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Integrated water resources management

Integrated water resources management (IWRM) has been defined by the Global Water Partnership (GWP) as "a process which promotes the coordinated development and management of water, land and related resources, in order to maximize the resultant economic and social welfare in an equitable manner without compromising the sustainability of vital ecosystems".

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Islamic Development Bank

The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) (Arabic: البنك الإسلامي للتنمية) is a multilateral development financing institution located in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

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Jabal Amel

Jabal Amel or Jabal 'Amil (jabal ʿāmil) is a mountainous region of Southern Lebanon.

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Jeita

Jeita (جعيتا; also spelled Jaaita or Jaita) is a town and municipality located in the Keserwan District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate of Lebanon.

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Jezzine

Jezzine (Jizzīn) is a town in Lebanon, located from Sidon and south of Beirut.

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Jordan River

The Jordan River (also River Jordan; נְהַר הַיַּרְדֵּן Nahar ha-Yarden, ܢܗܪܐ ܕܝܘܪܕܢܢ, نَهْر الْأُرْدُنّ Nahr al-Urdunn, Ancient Greek: Ιορδάνης, Iordànes) is a -long river in the Middle East that flows roughly north to south through the Sea of Galilee (Hebrew: כנרת Kinneret, Arabic: Bohayrat Tabaraya, meaning Lake of Tiberias) and on to the Dead Sea.

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Keserwan District

Keserwan District (قضاء كسروان, transliteration: Qadaa Keserwan) is a district (qadaa) in the Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon, to the northeast of Lebanon's capital Beirut.

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Khalde

Khalde is a coastal town south of Beirut, Lebanon.

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Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development

The Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED), commonly known as the Kuwait Fund, is the State of Kuwait’s agency for the provision and administration of financial and technical assistance to developing countries.

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Lebanese Civil War

The Lebanese Civil War (الحرب الأهلية اللبنانية – Al-Ḥarb al-Ahliyyah al-Libnāniyyah) was a multifaceted civil war in Lebanon, lasting from 1975 to 1990 and resulting in an estimated 120,000 fatalities.

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Lebanese Council for Development and Reconstruction

The Council for Development and Reconstruction (CDR) is a Lebanese governmental organisation established in 1977, during the Lebanese civil war, which has taken a major role in the sequence of rebuilding the damaged infrastructure of the country.

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Lebanon

Lebanon (لبنان; Lebanese pronunciation:; Liban), officially known as the Lebanese RepublicRepublic of Lebanon is the most common phrase used by Lebanese government agencies.

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Lille

Lille (Rijsel; Rysel) is a city at the northern tip of France, in French Flanders.

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Litani River

The Litani River (نهر الليطاني, Nahr al-Līṭānī), the classical Leontes (Λέοντες, Léontes, "Lions"), is an important water resource in southern Lebanon.

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Marine outfall

A marine outfall is a pipeline or tunnel that discharges municipal or industrial wastewater, stormwater, combined sewer overflows, cooling water, or brine effluents from water desalination plants to the sea.

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Mercy Corps

Mercy Corps is a global non-governmental, humanitarian aid organization operating in transitional contexts that have undergone, or have been undergoing, various forms of economic, environmental, social and political instabilities.

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Mount Lebanon

Mount Lebanon (جَبَل لُبْنَان, jabal lubnān, Lebanese Arabic pronunciation; ܛܘܪ ܠܒܢܢ) is a mountain range in Lebanon.

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Nabatieh Governorate

Nabatieh Governorate (محافظة النبطية) is one of the eight governorates of Lebanon.

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Nabih Berri

Nabih Berri (نبيه بري; born 28 January 1938) is a Lebanese politician who has been the Speaker of the Parliament of Lebanon since 1992.

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Non-revenue water

Non revenue water (NRW) is water that has been produced and is "lost" before it reaches the customer.

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Opportunity cost

In microeconomic theory, the opportunity cost, also known as alternative cost, is the value (not a benefit) of the choice in terms of the best alternative while making a decision.

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Orontes River

The Orontes (Ὀρόντης) or Asi (العاصي, ‘Āṣī; Asi) is a northward-flowing river which begins in Lebanon and flows through Syria and Turkey before entering the Mediterranean Sea.

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Sidon

Sidon (صيدا, صيدون,; French: Saida; Phoenician: 𐤑𐤃𐤍, Ṣīdūn; Biblical Hebrew:, Ṣīḏōn; Σιδών), translated to 'fishery' or 'fishing-town', is the third-largest city in Lebanon.

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Suez Environnement

Suez is a French-based utility company which operates largely in the water treatment and waste management sectors.

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Technisches Hilfswerk

The Bundesanstalt Technisches Hilfswerk (THW, Federal Agency for Technical Relief) is a civil protection organisation controlled by the German federal government.

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United States Agency for International Development

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is an independent agency of the United States federal government that is primarily responsible for administering civilian foreign aid and development assistance.

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Value-added tax

A value-added tax (VAT), known in some countries as a goods and services tax (GST), is a type of tax that is assessed incrementally, based on the increase in value of a product or service at each stage of production or distribution.

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Wastewater treatment

Wastewater treatment is a process used to convert wastewater into an effluent (outflowing of water to a receiving body of water) that can be returned to the water cycle with minimal impact on the environment or directly reused.

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Water scarcity

Water scarcity is the lack of fresh water resources to meet water demand.

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Water supply and sanitation in Egypt

Drinking water supply and sanitation in Egypt is characterized by both achievements and challenges.

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Water supply and sanitation in Jordan

Water supply and sanitation in Jordan is characterized by severe water scarcity, which has been exacerbated by forced immigration as a result of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, the Six-Day War in 1967, the Gulf War of 1990, the Iraq War of 2003 and the Syrian Civil War since 2011.

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Water supply and sanitation in Syria

This article has last been comprehensively updated in November 2010. Syria is a semiarid country with scarce water resources.

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World Bank

The World Bank (Banque mondiale) is an international financial institution that provides loans to countries of the world for capital projects.

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YMCA

The Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA), often simply called the Y, is a worldwide organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, with more than 58 million beneficiaries from 125 national associations.

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2006 Lebanon War

The 2006 Lebanon War, also called the 2006 Israel–Hezbollah War and known in Lebanon as the July War (حرب تموز, Ḥarb Tammūz) and in Israel as the Second Lebanon War (מלחמת לבנון השנייה, Milhemet Levanon HaShniya), was a 34-day military conflict in Lebanon, Northern Israel and the Golan Heights.

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Redirects here:

Water in Lebanon, Water pollution in Lebanon.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_supply_and_sanitation_in_Lebanon

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