Cases / Water use · Lebanon · date not stated
Annual sewage entering Lebanon's Litani equals its natural inflow
Short record: the main facts, with sources. A full case file has not been prepared.
Nature's voice · report
No measurement of the harm done to me here is on record.
Did nature suffer? Not measured.
Not on record
- The record does not name which of my species, waters, soils or forests were harmed.
An-Nahar reports that about 50 million cubic metres of sewage enter Lebanon's Litani River each year, equal to its total natural inflow in 2025. The river's water quality is the nature at stake.
What?
Sewage entering the Litani is reported at about 50 million cubic metres a year, equal to its natural inflow. An-Nahar
Where?
Litani River, Lebanon. An-Nahar
When?
Reported in 2025. An-Nahar
Who?
Gained
None on recordLost
None on recordHarmed
None on recordWhy?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
Sewage is discharged into the river; treatment status is not stated in the sources reviewed. An-Nahar
5 of 6 questions answered from the record · open: who
What happened
The record, in order.
An-Nahar reported in 2025 that annual sewage entering the Litani is about 50 million cubic metres, equal to the river's total natural inflow that year.
The same source records hydropower output as zero; the plant it refers to is not identified in the sources reviewed.
In court and with insurers
Every proceeding and every insurer decision on record.
Lawsuits and rulings
No court case on record. No court has ruled on this case.
Insurers
No insurer decision on record.
What we don't know
Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.
Nature
- Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.
Record
- None on record The sources reviewed do not say which plant or dam the zero hydropower output refers to.
- None on record The sources reviewed do not say who discharges the sewage, or whether it is treated.
- None on record The method behind the approximate 50 million cubic metre figure is not stated in the sources reviewed.
- None on record The sources reviewed do not say who gained or lost from the discharge.
Did the harm stop?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Who paid?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Sources
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