Lebanon : Policy Note on Irrigation Sector Sustainability

Lebanon : Policy Note on Irrigation Sector Sustainability

This Policy Note has three main objectives : a) formulate strategic choices related to the sustainability of irrigated agriculture in Lebanon. b) recommend institutional strengthening of water resource management in the irrigation sector in general...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Policy Note
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE ANNUAL FLOW ANNUAL RAINFALL BASIN BOD CANALS CATCHMENT CATCHMENT AREA CATCHMENT AREAS CHANNELS CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND CHLORIDE COASTAL AREAS COD CONDUCTIVITY CONSERVATION CONSTRUCTION COVERING CROPS DAMS DAMS/RESERVOIRS DEEP PERCOLATION DEEP WELLS DISCHARGE DIVERSION DOMESTIC WATER DRAINAGE DREDGING DRINKING WATER DRIP IRRIGATION DROUGHT DRY SEASON EFFICIENT WATER USE EFFLUENT EMBANKMENTS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EVAPORATION EXPORT FARMERS FARMING FERTILIZERS FLOOD DAMAGE FLOOD PREVENTION FLOOD RELIEF FLOODING FLOODS GROUNDWATER GROUNDWATER RECHARGE GROUNDWATER RESOURCES GROUNDWATER SOURCES GROUNDWATER TABLE HYDRAULICS HYDROLOGICAL NETWORK IMPORTS INDUSTRIAL USE INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER INFILTRATION INFILTRATION RATES INTAKE STRUCTURES IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE IRRIGATION IRRIGATION PURPOSES IRRIGATION SCHEME IRRIGATION SYSTEMS IRRIGATION WATER JURISDICTION LAND USE LEGAL FRAMEWORK LEGISLATION OXYGEN OXYGEN DEMAND PERMITS PESTICIDES POLLUTION POLLUTION CONTROL POPULATION DENSITY POTABLE WATER POWER GENERATION PRECIPITATION PRIVATE WELLS PROGRAMS PUBLIC HEALTH PUMPING PUMPING STATIONS QUALITY OF WATER QUALITY STANDARDS QUALITY WATER RAIN RAINFALL RIVER RIVER BASINS RIVERS RUNOFF RURAL COMMUNITIES SEA SEASONAL FLOWS SEAWATER SEWAGE SEWAGE EFFLUENT SEWERAGE SMALL SCALE IRRIGATION SOLID WASTE SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL SOURCES OF WATER SPRING SPRING WATER SPRINGS STORAGE CAPACITY SUBTERRANEAN WATER SURFACE WATER TREATED WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS WASTEWATER WASTEWATER TREATMENT WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS WATER ALLOCATIONS WATER AUTHORITIES WATER BALANCE WATER CHANNELS WATER DEMAND WATER LAW WATER LAWS WATER LOGGING WATER MONITORING WATER QUALITY WATER REQUIREMENTS WATER RESOURCE WATER RESOURCES WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT WATER RESOURCES UTILIZATION WATER RIGHTS WATER SCARCITY WATER SECTOR WATER SERVICES WATER SHORTAGE WATER SHORTAGES WATER SOURCES WATER STORAGE WATER SUPPLY WATER TARIFF POLICY WATER TARIFFS WATER USE WATER USER ASSOCIATIONS WATERCOURSES WATERSHED WELL CONSTRUCTION WELLS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/11/5724225/lebanon-policy-note-irrigation-sector-sustainability http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14392

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