The Lebanese economy is service-oriented; main growth sectors include banking and tourism.
The 1975-1991 civil war seriously damaged Lebanon's economic infrastructure, cut national output by half, and all but ended Lebanon's position as a Middle Eastern entrepot and banking hub.
Economic recovery has been helped by a financially sound banking system and resilient small- and medium-scale manufacturers, with family remittances, banking services, manufactured and farm exports, and international aid as the main sources of foreign exchange.
As was the case in many cities at this time, storm sewers carried a combination of sewage, street debris and other wastes, and storm water to the nearest body of water.
New waterless composting toilets that destroy human fecal organisms while they produce fertilizer, are now the technology of choice in the developing world and have found a growing niche in the developed world, as well.
Wash water, rather than being disposed of into ground and surface waters, is now being utilized for irrigation.
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