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Waste Water

Overview of the sector rehabilitation works of existing administration of the Litani Until early nineties, wastewater wastewater networks and National Authority to invest its facilities were limited to disparate pumping stations, and water in irrigation in South of networks between one region and resolution of all the recent , and West Bekaa). another. Although main cities are issues. Moreover, all water departments equipped with incomplete 2) Completion of projects stopped have been included in these wastewater networks, they are still involuntarily and network institutions and subject to the lacking treatment plants. As to extension and rehabilitation custody of the ministry of Energy small demographic communities, according to the needs. and Water. they aren’t equipped nor with 3) Launching two programs for In 2001, boards of administration networks neither with plants. As a protecting the Lebanese coasts for water institutions were formed. result, the issue of water pollution and water resources from In 2005, organizational decrees was exacerbating day after day pollution. and new structures thereof were (random sea estuaries polluting elaborated and enforced in order the sea and beaches, random In other terms, the objective of this to achieve many goals, mainly sanitation facilities, ground strategy is to address the problem rehabilitating and improving effluents, and streams polluting of pollution and wastewater facility services, extending their underground water layers…) disposal in a radical manner coverage zone, and maintain the therefore threatening the sanitary throughout the country, as the administrative stability and environment of citizens. Lebanese government worked and financial balance of institutions. The insufficiency of wastewater is still working on completing and services in regions is due to many organizing the public service in Achievements during 1992- reasons, most importantly: the wastewater sector. 2011 1) The insufficient spending in the However, completing the work on The value of projects implemented sector, in other terms the lack of the third axe remains the main to date in the wastewater sector investments required to goal of CDR for the upcoming reached US$ 540* million; the improve, construct and develop stage after works have progressed main projects are the following: facilities up to an appropriate along the two other axes. service and environmental • Emergency rehabilitation of level. At the institutional level, the wastewater networks (NERP1- 2) The absence of a convenient promulgation of law 221/2000 first year): This project covered administrative and executive constituted a primordial step the emergency repair and structure in the sector to toward the restructuring and rehabilitation of wastewater accompany the increasing modernization of the sectors of networks in all regions of urgent need for wastewater water and wastewater, since Lebanon, in addition to the services, implement new public water properties were rehabilitation of two wastewater methods followed by the defined (ground and pumping stations in Al Mina- administration and in the field underground), and an integrated Tripoli and , and the of modern sewage disposal water management (potable, construction of about 1000 techniques. irrigation, and wastewater) was kilometers of sewage networks. In order to face such difficult entrusted to four public reality, the CDR has been working independent investment • Completion of Al Ghadir since 1992 on different axes: institutions (except for the Litani wastewater pre-treatment plant: 1) Execution of the emergency River which remained under the The construction and equipping of 136 Basic services CDR October 2012

the wastewater pre-treatment plant were completed and the relevant sea outfall rehabilitated at a cost of US$ 10 million. Such plant will serve the southern part of districts of Baabda and Aley, the west- southern part of Greater and the northern parts of the Shouf district. The plant was put into service in November 1997.

• Beirut master wastewater coastal collector project: This project aims to protect the coast extending from Metn to the Shouf district. The project aims to eliminate all existing sea outfalls along the mentioned coastal area by collecting and conveying wastewater to the Dora and Ghadir pre-treatment plants. The conveyor line comprises two sections: the northern section and Wastewater installations in the coastal city of Tripoli the southern section. collection pipes is of 30 km and network for wastewater The northern section, covering the line has 3 pumping stations. transmission to the new treatment about 17 kms of collection pipe, plant. includes -Dora - Ras (* the amount includes a number Beirut-Dora coastal areas, in of contracts still not moneywise • Completion of works in the addition to 5 pumping and lifting closed) construction of Tripoli for stations. All works were • Execution of the first phase of wastewater treatment, at a cost of completed in year 2000 (costing rehabilitation of Beirut 92 million euros, in addition to the about US$ 48 million). This infrastructure, including the relevant sea outfall at a cost of 6 section has been designed to serve wastewater network (sections 1 million euros, funded by the 1.5 million inhabitants of Dora and 2) at a cost of about US$ 25 European Investment Bank (EIB). area by year 2015. million. The project in all its The project covers Tripoli coastal The southern section covering phases aims mainly to construct a area, Al Qalamun, some parts of Carlton-Al Ghadir collector line, new storm water network Koura and Zgharta districts, in which is under completion costing independent of the wastewater addition to the coastal areas of about US$ 13 million, designed to network. Beddawi, Deir Amar and El serve the south western part of Minyeh. Beirut and part of its southern • Completion of the pre-treatment suburb, as well as part of Baabda plant in Saida at a cost of about • Completion of the works district and the Damour-Al Ghadir US$ 21 million funded by Japan mentioned within the Lebanese- line, executed and amounting to Bank for International French Protocol Agreement for about US$ 9.5 million, through Cooperation (JIBC) and execution waste water treatment plants at a funding by the Islamic Bank, of the first phase of the cost of about 56 million euros, the which is designed to serve a major rehabilitation of wastewater works include the construction of part of Aley district and part of networks in Saida and its suburbs waste water treatment plants and Shouf district (more than 100,000 by rehabilitating the existing sea outfalls (for the coastal plants) inhabitants), the length of the network and constructing a new in the following regions: Shouf CDR October 2012 Basic services 137 138 Basic services CDR October 2012

coastal area (Ras en Nabi Younes), Progress of ongoing projects: work is 95% completed. Nabatiyeh area (Sharqiyeh), 1. Protection of the coast against - The construction of wastewater Chekka area, (ongoing pollution: Lebanon signed several networks for an amount of US$ implementation of the sea outfall) conventions to protect the 6.5 million and a wastewater and Jbeil. The first plant is Mediterranean waters against treatment plant for the coastal area designed to serve a big number of pollution, the most important of Sour for an amount of 31 villages and cities of the coastal being the Barcelona Convention. million euros, funded by the rea of Iqlim el Kharoub; the 2nd The agreements stressed on the European Investment Bank. The serves the town of Nabatiyeh and necessity of treating wastewater plant will serve around 300,000 neighboring vollages, the third and before discharged to the sea in persons and 40% of the work is fourth plants serve the coastal cities and towns with populations achieved until this date towns and villages of Batroun exceeding 100 000. Accordingly - Phase II of infrastructure project district, whereas the fifth serves several projects have been including the sewer network of the coastal area in Jbeil district. prepared for the construction of Beirut city financed by IDB and wastewater collector networks and amounting to about US$ 38.5 • Completion of a waste water treatment plants in the coastal million, and execution of the first treatment plant in Baalback () areas of Lebanon. Until now, lot of phase III, in Ashrafieh and at a cost of about US$ 6.35 million execution of treatment plants have Rmeil at a cost of about US$ 10 funded by the IBRD to serve the been carried out with their related million, financed by the Arab city of Baalback and several collector networks as previously Fund for Economic and Social neighboring villages. described and currently works are Development (AFESD); 95% of being carried out in: works are achieved until today. • Maintenance and upgrading of - Beirut coastal area- southern - The northern coast of main wastewater and storm water section of the main wastewater wastewater line collector of networks in the main cities: collector, Carlton-Al Ghadir Tripoli coastal project (Bared- Starting in 1997 pursuant to the section: This project covers the Beddaoui section) including the decision of the cabinet, works construction of two wastewater main collector line and lifting covered periodical maintenance, pumping stations and the stations and main, secondary and repair of wastewater and storm installation of 9 kilometers of related networks, thus serving water piping utilities in the main wastewater sewer lines serving a more than 100000 people and that cities, in addition to limiting the population of 750,000, the through the grant given by the overflows and preventing execution amounts to US$ 13 German government and problems emanating from million. The Islamic Development amounting to 12 million euros; the breakdowns in the existing Bank (IDB) financed the Carlton- grantor, in coordination with the drainage networks. The works Al Ghadir collector. Installation of CDR is managing and executing included cleaning wastewater and the collector lines is complete and the project. storm water piping networks, in works on connecting electricity to addition to installing piping and the pumping and lifting stations 2. Protection of water sources other necessary works required for are progressing in order to put it against pollution: A study was improving the efficiency of these into service. prepared in 1994 to update the networks. The project covered - The second phase of the instructional plan of the with its southern wastewater collector networks in wastewater sector elaborated in and northern suburbs, Tripoli, the coastal district of Saida at a 1982. This study defined water Zahle, Jounieh, Saida, Sour, cost of about US$ 22 million, basins and priority areas for Nabatieh and their suburbs. This funded by the Japanese Bank for construction of new wastewater project was implemented in International Cooperation (JBIC). treatment plants to protect water coordination with the Ministry of These works are prior to linking resources against pollution. For Interior and Municipalities. these networks with the lines of such purpose, appropriate the achieved wastewater plant, the financing was secured to construct CDR October 2012 Basic services 139

collector lines and treatment for Economic and Social - The feasibility study for the plants in main inland cities Development. extension of Al Ghadir (Zahleh, Baalbeck, Nabatieh, and • Construction project of wastewater pre-treatment plant others); and also in villages/towns wastewater networks and (south Beirut) is being updated. close to water sources and springs pumping stations for Kfar Katra CDR is contacting several funding (, Lake, Anjar, region in the Chouf, amounting to sources in order to secure funding , Mechmech, Becharre, about US$ 1 million locally for the works (European Bakhoun, Chabaa, , Hasbaya, funded. Investment Bank and others) Chakra, and Kartaba). - The CDR has also secured the The Construction of the Baalback Main Projects under funding for the Greater Beirut wastewater treatment plant, Preparation (2012-2014) wastewater treatment project financed by the World Bank, was Ghadir Basiin from the German completed in the summer of the 1- Protection of the coastline development agency (KFW) year 2000; whereas Zahle against pollution: The Ministry amounting to 16 million euro and wastewater treatment plant is still of Energy and Water prepared a the required tender documents. being executed and amounts to comprehensive study for the This project involves the US$ 24 million funded through district of Akkar recommending construction of wastewater the Italian Protocol (50% the elaboration of a general collection and transmission executed). Similarly, the works on instructional plan for wastewater networks from Al Ghadir basin the wastewater collection and collection and treatment, region (south east Greater Beirut) treatment project in Jeb Jannine, including the construction of to the wastewater treatment plant Soghbine and neighboring networks and plants for such in Ghadir. villages are being carried out, purpose along the Abdeh coast. In - On the other hand, CDR recently amounts to about US$ 38 million, implementation of such project, secured financing from AFESD financed by IDB (95% executed), CDR obtained a loan from the amounting to about US$ 85 along with the launching of Arab Fund to execute this project. million to finance wastewater wastewater collection and CDr obtained the necessary systems in a number of Lebanese treatment project in Labweh, funding amounting to 70 million regions, including Akkar coastal Baalbeck district amounting to euros to build two wastewater area, where the cost of the project about US$ 4.5 million, funded treatment stations on the and wastewater collection and through the Iranian protocol. Keserouan coast from the treatment is estimated around US$ European Investment Bank and 25 million, and currently studies the CDR is going to update tender are being updated and it is Main contracts awarded files of this project. expected that all tenders will be during 2011 Also CDR is currently preparing launched in upcoming months. • Construction project of the tender documents of potable wastewater networks and water and wastewater networks in pumping stations for Koura, the coastal region of Jbeil through 2- Protection of water sources amounting to about US$ 8 million Italian funding amounting to 38 against pollution: The Ministry funded by the French Agency for million euros, among which 19 of Energy and Water along with Development. million euros for wastewater. CDR have identified • Construction project of Furthermore, CDR is preparing approximately 20 wastewater wastewater networks and the project of wastewater in projects near to water sources pumping stations for villages in Qarantina and Dora (northern (springs, rivers, lakes, etc.) in Barouk region, Freides, Ain Beirut) and the related networks inland Lebanese areas. Detailed Zhalta, Nabaa el Safa, El after funding has been ensured studies are complete for many of Aazounbe and Ain Dara, through the European Investment these projects that mostly fall amounting to about US$ 5.5 bank amounting to 60 million within the framework of existing million funded by the Arab Fund euros. financing agreements (Italian 140 Basic services CDR October 2012

Protocol, IDB and AFESD). Shebaa and neighboring areas of the required studies is carried Special importance is given to the (US$ 6 million), Becharre region out. The project is divided into two western Bekaa area, Qaraoun Lake where wastewater networks phases aiming at collecting and and the Litani River, where the amounts are evaluated to up to treating wastewater emitted from high level of water pollution US$ 8 million and As Safa and cities and villages falling within requires urgent intervention to Barouk areas (US$ 13 million) and the water basin of Daraya, Kleiat, install wastewater collection and launching of related tenders. It is Bekaata, Bkaatouta, treatment facilities. also expected that the CDR and neighboring cities in receive an additional grant . The CDR secured funding for the amounting to US$ 27 million from Furthermore, it is expected that study and implementation of the the Islamic Bank for Development CDR receives a grant of wastewater project in the upper to complete the wastewater project approximately US$ 46 million basin of the Litani River in West Bekaa. from the Kuwaiti Fund for Arab amounting to about US$ 10 Economic Development to million through a loan agreement CDR also received a grant of 6 execute the collection and with the Arab Fund for Economic million euro and signed a grant treatment of wastewater in and Social Development (AFESD) agreement of 7 million euros with numerous neighboring villages in where the CDR is going to KFW to implement the project of Marjeyoun and Bint Jbeil, in concede required detailed studies; protection of spring against Nabatiyeh Mohafazat. in addition to projects including pollution, and currently execution

Schedule of main contracts signed in the wastewater sector during 2011

Project Estimated Source of Starting Expected value US$ Funding completion Construction project of 7,723,224 French wastewater networks Agency for and pumping stations Development 1/5/2011 30/4/2013 for Koura region – First phase Construction project of 998,499 locally wastewater networks and pumping stations 1/5/2011 30/4/2013 for Kfar Katra in Chouf Construction project of 5,562,542 AFSED 1/8/2011 5/3/2013 wastewater networks and pumping stations in Barouk region, Freides, Ain Zhalta, Nabaa el Safa, El Aazounbe and Ain Dara

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Schedule of main projects under preparation in the wastewater sector (2012-2014) Estimated value Source of Date expected Expected Project million Funding to initiate work completion US$ Program of Protection of the Lebanese Coast against pollution Construction of Akkar 26 AFESD December 2012 November 2015 coast collector networks and pre- treatment plants Construction of main 12 French December 2012 November 2014 wastewater line Agency for between Koura and Development Tripoli (Ras Maska) Construction of 18 Italian July 2012 October 2015 wastewater for Jbeil Protocol coast Construction of 100 EIB July 2013 July 2016 collector networks and 2 pre-treatment plants in the coastal area of Keserwan Wastewater networks 21.5 Locally February 2014 February 2017 for Koura – Phases 1 and 2 Execution of additional 10 Locally August 2012 August 2013 works in Anfeh and creation of secondary wastewater networks linked to the SXULÀFDWLRQVWDWLRQLQ Chekka Wastewater networks 5 French May 2011 October 2013 for Koura – Phases 3 Agency for Development Wastewater network 25 Italian December 2012 November 2015 for Jbeil coastal region Protocol Collector networks and 100 EIB May 2013 July 2016 SXULÀFDWLRQVWDWLRQVLQ Keserwan coastal area Construction of 85 EIB May 2013 November 2015 collector networks and 2 pre-treatment plants in Dora and Qarantina Completion of 22 German July 2012 May 2015 execution of Agency wastewater networks in Greater Beirut – Al Ghadir Bassin Sea outfalls for 12.5 EIB March 2013 March 2014 treatment plant in coastal Sour district Program of Protection of water sources against pollution Execution of collector 11 Italian December 2013 December 2014 networks and Protocol SXULÀFDWLRQVWDWLRQVLQ Mechmech in Akkar C

  

  

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Construction of 19 Italian December 2015 December 2017 collector networks and Protocol treatment plant in Bakhun-Denniyeh Construction of 8 AFESD March 2013 March 2015 collector networks and treatment plant in Bcharre

Construction of 6 Italian December 2012 November 2015 collector networks and Protocol treatment plant in Qartaba-Jbeil

Construction of 12 Italian July 2012 November 2014 collector networks and Protocol treatment plant in Hrajel-Keserwan Construction of collector networks and 17 German December 2012 June 2016 treatment plant in Agency KFW Jeita-Keserwan (Sections 1 and 2) Construction of treatment plant and 11 Italian December 2015 December 2017 wastewater networks Protocol in Bint Jbeil and neighboring areas Construction of treatment plant and 8 Italian December 2015 December 2017 wastewater networks Protocol in Hasbaya and neighboring areas Construction of 6.50 AFESD September 2014 July 2015 treatment plant and wastewater networks in Arqub Construction of treatment plant and 7 Italian December 2015 December 2017 wastewater networks Protocol in Jbaa and neighboring areas in Nbatiyeh Construction of treatment plant and 20 Italian December 2015 December 2017 collector networks in Protocol Hermel and neighboring areas

Construction of treatment plant and 4.50 Iranian December 2012 August 2014 wastewater networks Protocol in Labweh and neighboring areas Construction of treatment plant and 10.50 AFESD October 2013 December 2015 wastewater networks in central and northern Bekaa in the Litani basin

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Construction of treatment plant and wastewater networks 41 Italian December 2015 December 2018 in Anjar, , Protocol Bar Elias, Mraijet, Marj, Chtoura and neighboring areas Completion of Islamic Bank December 2012 December 2014 wastewater project in 27 for West Bekaa region Development Construction of treatment plant and 30 Kuwait Fund May 2015 December 2018 wastewater networks in Rachayya and neighboring areas