Lebanon: water crisis looming
May 27, 2008
BEIRUT - Over-consumption, over-pumping and mismanagement are causing Lebanon’s fresh water wells to become contaminated with salt water, making the reserves unfit for human consumption, a recent study shows.
The information was made public at a conference organized the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy & International Affairs at the American University of Beirut last week.
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Source : The Daily Star (Lebanon)
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