Lebanon Country Sheet
LEWAP develops a country sheet to give an overview on Lebanon’s water sector structure, the laws and regulations of the sector and a snapshot over the latest French decentralized cooperation projects.
This sheet was updated in 2026, to access it click here.
Water and Sanitation services in Lebanon
- EMERGENCY BRIEFING: Lebanon WASH sector – 28 November 2024
- Establishment Led, Service Improvement and Cost Recovery (ELSICR) workshop report – 30 July 2024
- Joint workshop: National water sector strategy 2024-2035 and results of the socio economic study – 18 July 2024
- Public-public partnership workshop support – February 2023
- Cholera in Lebanon – December 2022
- Challenges of energy supply for water and sanitation services in Lebanon – November 2022
- Workshop report “Water-energy nexus: overcoming challenges for power supply of water and wastewater services” – March 2022
- Minutes of workshop “French-Lebanese cooperation in times of crisis” – December 2021 (in French)
- Country profile – December 2019
- Minutes of workshop “Water and sanitation services in Lebanon – April 2018
- Minutes of workshop “Impact of climate change on water and sanitation services in Lebanon – November 2018
- Minutes of working group “Involvement of users in water and sanitation sector in Lebanon” – December 2017
- Article “Refugees in Lebanon: aligning emergency response and development” – April 2016
Water Resources Management
- The Community Engagement and Participatory Inclusion workshop report – 17 April 2024
- Stakeholder Network Analysis workshop report -12 February 2024
- River basin management workshop report – November 2022
- Summary sheet on “Integrated Water Resource Management and its adaptation to the Lebanese context” – June 2022
- Minutes of seminar (Mardi LEWAP) “Which standards for water reuse in Lebanon?” – March 2022
- Minutes of seminar (Mardi LEWAP) “Hydrology and management of Mediterranean watersheds and legal discussion of the watershed management in Lebanon” – December 2020
- Minutes of seminar (Mardi LEWAP) – “Integrated water resource management and the importance of participatory approach in Lebanon’s water sector” – October 2020
- Minutes of seminar (Mardi LEWAP) “Characterization and monitoring of water quality in Lebanon” – January 2020
- Minutes of seminar (Mardi LEWAP) “Understanding groundwater for sources to users” – Septembre 2019
- Minutes of seminar (Mardi LEWAP) “Mountain springs, a valuable resource to understand and preserve in a context of global climate change” – July 2019
- Project sheet “Elaboration of a river contract on the catchment basin of Nahr Qadisha” – February 2018
Sanitation
- DEWATS systems workshop report – 2 July 2024
- Factsheet: Sludge management in Lebanon (February 2024)
- Factsheet: Local sanitation in Lebanon (November 2023)
- Factsheet on wastewater reuse in Lebanon (November 2023)
- Minutes of workshop “Training and exchange of experiences between between French and Lebanese local authorities in the field of sanitation – October 2018 (French version)
- Poster “Sanitation in informal refugee camps in Lebanon” – July 2018
- Training material “Sustainable sanitation and water management” – March 2018
- Minutes of workshop “Wastewater treatment of small- and medium-sized communities” – February 2018
- Project sheet “Pilot of reed bed filter treatment plant” – February 2018
- Minutes of seminar “New technologies of water treatment adapted to developing countries” – December 2017
- Technical sheet “Natural Lagooning” – March 2016
- Technical sheet “Reed bed filters” – March 2016