The Aarqa river flows through the valley beneath the lands of Al-Qantara village, bringing natural debris from upstream and, in some places, solid wastes are discarded along the riverbanks due to the lack of solid waste processing facilities in Akkar Governorate. The combination of this debris and the constant flow of water creates ideal conditions for the growth of weeds in the river's waterbed and on the banks, which led to the stagnation of fluids in the stream.
In the water channel, debris accumulation and weed growth resulted in stagnant water, foul odors, and vermin breeding, as stagnant water is ideal for mosquito reproduction. In addition, the river flow was reduced by the issue. As a result of the lift in the water level, the stone retaining wall of an olive orchard located on one of the river banks was imbalanced with its stones gradually falling from the wall, allowing for the destabilization of the orchard soil and the waters began to infiltrate into the land lot.
Debris and weeds were removed using backhoe crawler excavators and Tipper trucks, the. The problem of the access road to the debris accumulation site was solved by preparing a route to access the site and for the transportation of the refusedrefuse materials after communicating with the municipality to avoid passing through private lands, the continuous flow of the river was maintained with a temporary passage channel built along the side of the riverbed to allow the river to flow freely and provide a dry working area for the machinery. To stabilize the soil of the orchard adjacent to the river, a cantilevered concrete retaining wall was built on the riverside, with a water level meter marked on the wall to monitor the water level of the water channel in the future by the municipality.