The project, which is part of the EU Horizon 2020 initiative, will improve water and wastewater services for over 370 000 inhabitants of 200 villages, strengthen environmental sustainability by reducing wastewater deposits into the Mediterranean Sea and create 200 new jobs.
The project will include rehabilitation of existing infrastructure for ground water extraction, particularly in the Banias catchment area to reduce leakage levels from 70% to 40% in the future and development and upgrading of separate systems for domestic wastewater and stormwater.
Additionally, the financing will be used for the construction of one common wastewater treatment plant for the town of Banias and the two river basins Hreisun and Jobar, and development of an additional six wastewater treatment plants in Al Dabousiah and Al Ghamkah.
