Water Supply for Domestic Sector (million m³)^{(1) (2)} 

  Consumed Water by Domestic Sector
 (million m³)

Total Losses
  (million m³)

 Population End of 2015

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

Governorate

95.3

53.5

41.8

 1,850,559

79.2

Gaza Strip

24.5

12.5

12.0

   369,949

92.5

North Gaza

32.4

19.0

13.4

  635,514

81.9

Gaza

14.9

7.5

7.4

  268,918

76.4

Deir Al-Balah

13.8

8.7

5.1

     346,664

68.7

Khan Younis

9.7

5.8

3.9

        229,514

69.2

Rafah

⁽¹⁾ More than 90% 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, 2016.  Water Information System.  Ramallah - Palestine.
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, 2016. Revised estimated population based on the final result of Population, Housing, and Establishment Census 2007.  Ramallah- Palestine.