Answer:
The irony is that the solution to the country’s water woes lies in Beirut’s backyard, up in the mountains close to its coast. Most of Lebanon’s fresh water is stored in mountain snowcaps or filters into the ground, feeding the thousands of wells that supply water to the capital of Beirut and its surrounding areas along the way. The pity is that each year, the rest of the water rushes off into the sea instead of being captured and re-channeled to people who can use it for drinking water.
