Quantity of Water Supply for Domestic Sector, Water Consumed, Total Losses, Population and Daily Consumption per Capita in Gaza Strip by Governorate, 2016

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

  Consumed Water by Domestic Sector
 (million m3)

Total Losses
  (million m3)

 Population End of 2016

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

Governorate

94.2

58.7

35.5

   1,912,267

84.0

Gaza Strip

24.1

14.5

9.6

         383,367

103.6

North Gaza

31.4

19.1

12.3

         655,881

79.7

Gaza

14.8

8.6

6.2

         277,906

84.7

Deir Al-Balah

14.8

10.1

4.7

         357,759

77.3

Khan Younis

9.1

6.4

2.7

         237,354

73.8

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. Revised estimated population based on the final result of Population, Housing, and Establishment Census 2007.
 Ramallah- Palestine.