Daya daga cikin manyan batutuwan da suka shafi muhalli a Lebanon shine samar da ruwa . Kasar tana da albarkatun ruwa da yawa fiye da sauran kasashen Gabas ta Tsakiya ; duk da haka, yana cikin haɗarin karanci, musamman a lokacin rani mai bushewa . Wannan ya faru ne saboda rashin ƙarfin ajiya, da karuwar buƙata, da kuma canjin yanayi . Manyan ayyuka na inganta samar da ruwan sha na samun tallafi daga gwamnati da hukumomin kasashen waje, sun hada da aikin samar da ruwan sha na Greater Beirut da hukumar kula da kogin Litani . An kafa ƙungiyoyin sa -kai na muhalli masu yawa a Lebanon. Idan aka kwatanta da sauran yankuna a duniya, Gabas ta Tsakiya ya kasance yana tafiyar hawainiya wajen haɓaka ƙungiyoyin sa-kai masu zaman kansu. A tsakiyar shekarata 1990s, an ƙirƙiri kusan ƙungiyoyin sa-kai 120 a Lebanon . Wasu daga cikin waɗannan kungiyoyi masu zaman kansu sun haɗa da Association Al tanmia (AA), Al Ain Association for Development (AAD), Ard Al Tofoula (AAT), da Association for Charity & Culture (ACC).