Lebanon’s legacy of conflict

Following the end of the civil war in the early 1990s, the Lebanese government embarked on a widespread development scheme to rebuild the country’s basic infrastructure. Sixteen years of conflict left Lebanon with virtually no water or sewage treatment facilities. However, since the end of hostilities financial and managerial constraints on the Lebanese public sector have hindered the government’s attempts to rehabilitate and expand facilities damaged during the war.

In addition, Israeli bombers destroyed new infrastructure when Hizbollah started to send rockets into Israeli occupied southern Lebanon. Security issues are still a concern for Lebanon even after the withdrawal of Israeli troops in May 2000.

In 1998, Lebanon consumed 1.48 billion m3 of water. By 2015, the Ministry of Electricity and Water Resources estimates that consumption will ...

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