US EditionWater shortages plague Beirut as low rainfall compounds woes
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Water shortages plague Beirut as low rainfall compounds woes
People are buying water by the truckload in Beirut as the state supply faces its worst shortages in years, with the leaky public sector struggling after record-low rainfall and local wells running dry. "State water used to come every other day, now it's every three days," said Rima al-Sabaa, 50, rinsing dishes carefully in Burj al-Baranjeh, in Beirut's southern suburbs.Even when the state water is flowing, she noted, very little trickles into he…
In the Middle East, the streets of Beirut are packed with water tanks purchased by the population to cope with a severe shortage that has not been maintained by the Lebanese for years, owing to low rainfall to record levels and dry wells, and the lack of supply and distribution networks. According to a report from the French press agency, Reimaa (50-year-old), is carefully washing kitchen cans at its house in the Burj al-Barajneh in the southern…
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