Lebanon's liquid treasure is just trickling away - "could even run dry within four years"

[OKIsItJustMe]

http://www.france24.com/en/20100321-lebanons-liquid-treasure-just-trickling-away

21 March 2010 - 09H57

Lebanon's liquid treasure is just trickling away

AFP - Rose Hatem's home overlooks the Mediterranean and is just a short distance from one of Lebanon's longest rivers. But twice a week the 60-year-old has to buy water for her daily needs.

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Fadi Comair, who heads hydraulic and electrical resources at the energy and water ministry, said that unless the problem is addressed -- and quickly -- Lebanon could even run dry within four years.

"There is no miracle solution," he said. "We need to build dams, artificial lakes, a new network and work hand in hand with the private sector.

"If you take into account population increase and climate change, we have enough water to last us another four years, until 2015," Comair said.

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[Ozymanithrax]

1. If they run out of water, and there is no rush to build desalinization plants, where will the...

ecological refugees go?

This is going to be a big problem.

[OKIsItJustMe]

2. Yes, I was thinking that foreign policy in the region might get a little touchy

But, then, that's like saying it might get a little hot on the equator.