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News EU-funded project assists Lebanese decision makers in prioritizing investments to reduce the degradation of the Litani River Basin

Based on an assessment recently released by the EU funded project SWIM-Support Mechanism (SWIM-SM), the cost assessment of water resource degradation of the Upper Litani Basin (ULB) is estimated to be equivalent on average to 0.5% of the National GDP in 2012, and is particularly attributable to water resources degradation (77% of total costs) including, in order of importance, water quantity, water-borne diseases and water quality.

Other major causes of degradation are the following:

  • Poor waste collection and;
  • Air pollution in the Zahleh and Baalbeck areas that affects not only health but also agricultural productivity, as additional use of fertilizers to compensate for productivity losses has some bearing on water resources quality.

Contact information SWIM SM (email: info@swim-sm.eu)
Phone: 0030 210 8196788
News type Inbrief
File link http://www.swim-sm.eu/files/COED_LEBANON_PRESS_NOTE_EN.pdf
Source of information SWIM-SM
Subject(s) ANALYSIS AND TESTS , CHARACTERISTICAL PARAMETERS OF WATERS AND SLUDGES , INFORMATION - COMPUTER SCIENCES , METHTODOLOGY - STATISTICS - DECISION AID , NATURAL MEDIUM , PREVENTION AND NUISANCES POLLUTION , RISKS AND CLIMATOLOGY , WATER QUALITY
Relation http://www.emwis.net/countries/fol749974/country958156
Geographical coverage Lebanon
News date 05/12/2014
Working language(s) ENGLISH
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