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

per Capita in the West Bank(1) by Governorate, 2018

 

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 Supplied  Water for Domestic Sector (million m3)

Consumed Water   (million m3)

Total Losses (million m3)

 Population End of 2018

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

Governorate

118.9

88.1

30.8

2,665,791

90.5

West Bank(1) (2)

8.2

5.9

2.3

321,950

50.2

Jenin

4.0

2.7

1.3

62,430

118.4

Tubas & Northern Valleys

10.1

6.9

3.2

190,169

99.3

Tulkarm

15.7

12.0

3.7

396,210

82.9

Nablus

8.3

6.2

2.1

115,184

147.4

Qalqiliya

5.4

4.4

1.0

77,473

155.5

Salfit

21.4

17.6

3.8

495,268

97.3

Ramallah & Al-Bireh and Jerusalem(1)

6.5

5.0

1.5

50,946

268.7

Jericho & Al-Aghwar(3)

39.3

27.4

11.9

956,161

78.5

Bethlehem and Hebron (4)


(1)  Data exclude those parts of Jerusalem which were annexed by Israeli Occupation in 1967.  Where this part inhabited by  288,152 palestinian citizens whom holding Jerusalem identity card and no information is available about the water supplied to them.

(2) This quantity is supplied for non-agricultural uses and includes water supplied for commercial and industrial uses; hence, the actual supply and consumption rates per capita are less than the indicated numbers.   

(3) Includes recreational, touristic and economical activities in Jericho and Al-Aghwar governorate.

(4) Due to water supply system in Bethlehem and Hebron governorates, separation of data for each governorate is not applicable.

Sources: Palestinian Water Authority, 2018.  Water Information System. 
Ramallah - Palestine.
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, 2018.  Estimates based on the final results of Population, Housing, and Establishment Census 2017.
 Ramallah- Palestine.