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The
Bisri
Dam,
currently
in
the
phase
of
land
expropriation,
is
being
advertised
as
the
solution
to
Beirut’s
water
shortages,
and
as
an
economic
and
touristic
boom
to
the
region.
However,
scientists
and
activists
claim
that
the
dam
will
not
actually
store
water
due
to
the
karstic
nature
of
the
land
and
the
big
volume
of
alluviums
all
along
the
valley
and
river.
Rather,
it
will
be
extremely
damaging
to
the
environment,
besides
destroying
fertile
agricultural
lands.
Experts
say
that
the
project
will
impact
the
natural
environment
by
interfering
with
the
natural
flow
of
the
river
at
a
site
considered
a
natural
protected
area
in
Bisri
(based
on
Article
131/1998).
It
will
also
destroy
archaeological,
historic,
and
cultural
heritage
throughout
the
project
area,
demolishing
Roman
ruins,
the
Mar
Mousa
church,
and
nearly
75
other
archaeological
sites
within
its
premises.