Water Tariffs as a Solution for Water Shortages in Lebanon

Academic Paper from the year 2019 in the subject Economy - Environment economics, grade: 2,3, University of Koblenz-Landau (Faculty of Natural Sciences), course: Environmental Economics, language: English, abstract: This paper studies possible economic solutions to the water shortages in Lebanon. Chapter 2 mentions the current water situation and talks thoroughly about the reasons, effects, and previous attempts of solutions. Chapter 3 defines the theoretical approach of increasing block of water tariffs. Chapter 4 discusses the application and current situation of water meters and the challenges happening, and finally chapter 5 gives a final conclusion on whether this instrument is possible to achieve better water situation or not.