Middle East

Feasibility Study for Sanitation Improvement Project in the Town of Ersaal in Lebanon

Assignment location

Ersaal, Lebanon

Client/Funding

French Development Bank (AFD)


The project’s objective was to structure the sanitation of Ersaal, a town situated 15 km to the Syrian border and hosting several refugee camps. Within the framework of a future project proposed for European Union funding (MADAD funds), it was envisaged to set up a partnership with a project operator to structure the sanitation system of the town of Ersaal. HYDROPHIL provided its expertise in the sector with transversal support to experts on individual and collective sanitation aspects.

  • Diagnosis of the system
  • Definition of scenarios
  • Updating the multi-criteria analysis grid and scoring of the scenarios
  • Review of the final technical options
  • Assessment of the needs for operation and the possible modalities

Picture source: HYDROPHIL/A. Chanut, iStock/Lene Lind