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Some 22 main sewerage stations are located in Lebanon, with about 65 small installations located in different villages and towns, reported Al Akhbar newspaper.
"In theory, this relatively large number of stations is badumed to be more than enough to treat the water produced in Lebanon, thus reducing the pollutants that result, but the reality is quite the opposite: 70% of this dirt is dumped into watercourses Rivers and sea without any treatment, and the remaining 30% in the same estuaries, but only after the separation of solid and bulky objects.The big disaster that cost $ 1.4 billion of public funds to establish these stations and remained the result … Braza Braz.
According to Al-Akhbar, Lebanon produces about 310 million cubic meters of wastewater each year, of which about 250 million cubic meters are garbage and the rest liquid industrial waste. The "National Strategy for the Sanitation Sector" prepared by the Ministry of Energy and Water in 2010 indicates that more than 70% of wastewater is discharged without treatment into the sea, the bottoms of rivers and valleys or are buried in the ground. The remaining 30% are mostly treated in an initial way, ie they are separated from the solids and then protected from contaminants in rivers and other environments.
In two decades, investments in the sanitation sector have exceeded $ 1.4 billion. The impact of polluted water, whether at sea, in groundwater or in irrigation, affects the health of the inhabitants. In Lebanon and help accelerate the destruction of the environment.
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