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Water resources management in Syria is confronted with numerous challenges. First, all of the country's major rivers are shared with neighboring countries...

Water pollution (or aquatic pollution) is the contamination of water bodies, with a negative impact on their uses.: 6  It is usually a result of human...

granary of Roman Syria. Beqaa is the Arabic plural of buqaah, meaning a place with stagnant water. Emerging from a base south of Homs in Syria, the eastern...

Syria is located in West Asia, north of the Arabian Peninsula, at the eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea. It is bordered by Turkey to the north, Lebanon...

The Clean Water Act (CWA) is the primary federal law in the United States governing water pollution. Its objective is to restore and maintain the chemical...

Major environmental issues in Syria include deforestation, overgrazing, soil erosion, desertification, water pollution from the dumping of raw sewage...

Syria, Iraq, and most recently Ukraine. Water scarcity can also exacerbate conflicts and political tensions which are not directly caused by water. Gradual...

some water, which may be mixed with other fluids in some instances. Groundwater is often cheaper, more convenient and less vulnerable to pollution than...

apportion responsibility for deaths and illnesses caused by air pollution in the area. The water too is polluted by land-based, shipping and fish farming activities...

Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It is bounded by the Mediterranean...

Water resources are under threat from multiple issues. There is water scarcity, water pollution, water conflict and climate change. Fresh water is in...

for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 as modified by the Protocol of 1978, or "MARPOL 73/78" (short for "marine pollution") is one of the most...

floods), deforestation, water pollution and wasteful use of water can also mean there is not enough water. These variations in scarcity may also be a function...

including groundwater overexploitation, increasing water demand, intermittent supply, and pollution. These challenges could be exacerbated by the impact...

availability in Lebanon. While Lebanon is water-rich compared to Jordan, Israel or the Damascus region in Syria, the country's per capita renewable water resources...

environmental degradation and water pollution, as well as climate change. Water is a strategic natural resource, and scarcity of potable water is a frequent contributor...

of Damascus, the capital city of Syria. "Barada" is thought to be derived from the word barid, which means "cold" in Semitic languages. The ancient Greek...

surrounding environment or an intended reuse application, thereby preventing water pollution from raw sewage discharges. Sewage contains wastewater from households...

and hygiene, energy poverty, higher levels of pollution (e.g. air pollution, littering, water pollution, open defecation), higher proportions of people...

Water issues in developing countries include scarcity of drinking water, poor infrastructure for water and sanitation access, water pollution, and low...