{"id":61822,"date":"2021-04-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-28T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/61822\/large-number-of-fish-found-dead-in-qaraoun-lake"},"modified":"2023-08-30T04:16:06","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T04:16:06","slug":"large-number-of-fish-found-dead-in-qaraoun-lake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/61822\/large-number-of-fish-found-dead-in-qaraoun-lake\/","title":{"rendered":"Large Number of Fish Found Dead In Qaraoun Lake"},"content":{"rendered":"After <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/l\/61690\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">the sticky black tar<\/a> that washed up on several of Lebanon&#8217;s shores last February, Lebanon faces yet another ecological problem. <br \/>  <br \/>  Yesterday, a horrific scene of thousands of dead fish floating atop Qaraoun&#8217;s Lake in Bekaa was making the rounds on social media. <br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"ar\" dir=\"rtl\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iOL0GbTBe5\">https:\/\/t.co\/iOL0GbTBe5<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/T0Cdhc65d9\">pic.twitter.com\/T0Cdhc65d9<\/a><\/p>\u2014 lucien bourjeily (@lucienbourjeily) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lucienbourjeily\/status\/1387135660025434112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 27, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>  This comes as a result of the lake becoming contaminated by sewage water, along with the awful pollution that has plagued the area. The Litani River Authority announced this morning that a team of environmental experts have started cleaning up the lake and removing the fish.<br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"ar\" dir=\"rtl\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LRALitani?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LRALitani<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%B1%D8%B9%D9%88%D9%86?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D8%AE%D9%8A%D8%B1?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5h36Jh0Kmg\">pic.twitter.com\/5h36Jh0Kmg<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Larissa Aoun (@LarissaAounSky) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LarissaAounSky\/status\/1387315430566543361?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 28, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>  Years of neglect and governmental corruption have left large bodies of water like the Qaraoun Lake and the Litani River horrifically polluted. The lake&#8217;s water irrigates about 30% of the country&#8217;s land. 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