RIYADH: Arid Saudi Arabia could need more than $53 billion in water sector investment supported by private funds as demand grows, officials said Sunday.

More than 80 percent of Lebanon's potable water doesn't meet health standards, Industry Minister Hussein Hajj Hasan and Health Minister Wael Abu Faour revealed Wednesday in a joint news conference.

Locals residents from the Bekaa Valley town of Hawsh al-Rafqa briefly blocked the main road to their village, protesting against the pollution of the Litani River