Quantity of Water Supply for Domestic Sector, Water Consumed, Total Losses, Population and Daily

Consumption per Capita in Gaza Strip by Governorate, 2017

 

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Water Supply for Domestic Sector (million m3)(1) (2) 

  Consumed Water by Domestic Sector
 (million m
3)

Total Losses
  (million m
3)

 Population End of 2017

Daily Consumption Rate per capita (liter/capita/day)

Governorate

96.4

61.4

35.0

1,904,755

88.3

Gaza Strip

23.7

13.8

9.9

      370,931

101.9

North Gaza

32.3

20.1

12.2

      653,215

84.2

Gaza

15.3

9.7

5.6

      273,955

96.9

Deir Al-Balah

15.4

11.0

4.4

      372,021

81.0

Khan Younis

9.7

6.8

2.9

      234,633

79.3

Rafah


(1) More than 97% of the water pumped from the coastal aquifer does not satisfy the water quality  standards of the World Health Organization.  

(2) Data include water purchased from Mekorot 6.4 million m3.

Sources: Palestinian Water Authority, 2017.  Water Information System.  Ramallah - Palestine.
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, 2017.  final result of Population, Housing, and Establishment Census 2017.
 Ramallah- Palestine.