| [nitrate contamination of the groundwater of the akkar plain in northern lebanon]. | the akkar plain in northern lebanon covers an area of 130 km2 and is the second largest agricultural region in the country. it also borders the mediterranean sea (figure 1). groundwater supplies are the only source of drinking water in this region and there is no public drinking water network. this area has a population of about 75,000 inhabitants, who have depended on and used the water from these aquifers for many years, with no treatment, filtration or monitoring system in place. the inhabita ... | 1999 | 10623868 |