Daily Star - Sison Discusses New Us Water Projects With Bassil

BEIRUT: US Ambassador Michele Sison met with Energy and Water Resources Minister Gebran Bassil and Public Works and Transportation Minister Ghazi Aridi, an embassy statement said on Thursday. At the Ministry of Energy and Water Resources, Sison and Bassil discussed the details of the pending Memoranda of Understanding between the US government and the ministry for two new water projects funded through the US Agency for International Development (USAID) totaling $28 million. According to the embassy statement, USAID’s Lebanon Water and Wastewater Sector Support program will assist all four Lebanese water authorities maintain financial and operational sustainability and USAID’s Litani River Basin Management Support program will provide technical support to the Litani River Authority.” At the Ministry of Public Works and Transportation, Sison and Aridi discussed the ministry’s public works project priorities for the coming year. – The Daily Star