World Bank Gives £200m for Lebanon Water Scheme

The World Bank is to provide $200m to Lebanon to fund the Greater Beirut water project, which aims to supply water in Beirut and its suburbs.

The project includes building the infrastructure required for the intake, treatment, conveyance, storage and supply of 250,000m³ of potable water to the city.

The project will supply water to the residents of Baabda, Aley, Metn and the Mount Lebanon region, and includes 350,000 low-income residents of southern Beirut.

Residents outside this area will benefit indirectly because pressure on the water supply is managed more evenly.