Number of Agricultural Wells and Quantity of Water Pumped  in Palestine by Governorate, 2021 

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Unit: million m3
Number of Agricultural Wells(5)(6)	Quantity of Pumped Water used for agriculture(3)	Total Number of  Wells	Total Quantity of Pumped Water (4)	Governorate(2)
..	151.7	..	297.8	Palestine(1)
299	54.7	369	105.3	West Bank(1)
14	1.9	29	8.3	Jenin
41	11.3	44	13.6	Tubas & Northern Valleys
50	12.0	65	24.2	Tulkarm
32	5.4	39	15.1	Salfit
59	9.4	69	15.0	Nablus
-	-	2	0.4	Qalqiliya
-	-	4	2.9	Ramallah & Al-Bireh & Jerusalem(1)
103	14.7	105	14.7	Jericho & AL- Aghwar
-	-	12	11.1	Bethlehem & Hebron
..	97.0	..	192.5	Gaza Strip(4)
(-): Nill
(..): Data not available
(1): The Data Excludes Those  Parts of Jerusalem Which Were Annexed by Israeli Occupation in 1967.
(2): The Wells Existence is Restricted to The Governorates Mentioned.
(3): Data about Annual quantities From Agricultural Wells in Gaza Strip is Estimated.
(4): Quantities pumped From the Wells Were Calculated According to Use, Not to The Well's Permit and Does not Include Water Abstracted From Unlicensed Wells.
(5): The number of wells doesn't include 45 wells located in West Bank and follow Israeli control. The Israeli Water Company (Mekorot) uses them to supply Israeli settlements and sell to Palestinian localities through the West Bank Water Department, and according to last estimated, the production of these wells is no less than 50 million m3
(6): 25 Agricultural wells are used to supply water for domestic use, with a total production volume of 7.5 million m3. It is estimated that about 4 million m3 used for domestic use.
Source: Palestinian Water Authority, 2021  Water Information System.  Ramallah - Palestine.