Zeina paid over LL300,000 ($200) in water bills to the government last year to ensure she got access to water.
The source of that water is unknown.
In 2012, the Cabinet approved a national water and wastewater strategy that outlines a number of institutional and infrastructural steps that aim to conserve water and reduce the use of water whose origin is not accounted for.
Consequently, suboptimal management of water resources, and especially insufficient infrastructure, continues to leave residents without 24/7 access to water.
These are filled with water whose source is unknown, or water that has been tapped from one of the 60,000 illegal wells in the country, dug to make up for the state shortfall.
There are four decentralized Water Establishments in Lebanon -- south Lebanon, north Lebanon, Beirut and Mount Lebanon and Bekaa -- which are responsible for collecting tariffs, monitoring water quality and planning and distributing water resources within each of the communities.
What's more, Fanack Water estimates that water bill collection rates are at an average of 47 percent in the country.
In May, the energy and water minister announced new efforts toward creating a new national water strategy to revise the 2012 strategy.
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