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Law of 14/8/1954 on the Establishment of a special Authority bearing the name of the Litani River Authority.

Pays/Territoire
Liban
Type du document
Législation
Date
1954 (1955)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Sujet
Énergie, Eau
Mot clé
Institution Production d'énergie hydroélectrique Approvisionnement en eau Gestion des resources en eau douce Eaux souterraines Eaux superficielles Irrigation Drainage/assèchement Eau potable Ouvrages
Aire géographique
Asie, Méditerranée, Moyen-Orient, Afrique du Nord et Proche-Orient, Asie Occidentale
Entry into force notes
The Law enters into force the day after its publication in the Official Gazette.
Résumé

This Law consisting of 18 articles aims at establishing a new Authority, the Litani National Authority (LRA). It is a public establishment under the Ministry of Energy and Water to manage water resources (surface and groundwater resources) over the whole Lebanese territory (not only the Litani River). It is mainly responsible for preliminary studies and the construction of dams and the exploitation of hydroelectric power pants. Its duties and competencies are: the execution of all the parts of the Litani project from technical point of view (irrigation, drainage, potable water, electricity production) as from financial aspects; the installation of a network for the electricity plants in Lebanon; the erection of transformation stations, transmission and distribution lines in the whole Lebanese regions; the big works of irrigation and their exploitation.

Texte intégral
Arabe
Site web
www.litani.gov.lb