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

per Capita in Gaza Strip by Governorate, 2018

 

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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 2018

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

Governorate

95.1

59.5

35.6

          1,961,407

83.1

Gaza Strip

24.0

12.6

11.4

             383,762

89.9

North Gaza

32.4

21.0

11.4

             670,138

85.8

Gaza

13.9

8.3

5.6

             282,017

80.6

Dier Al-Balah

15.4

11.4

4.0

             383,712

81.3

Khan Younis

9.4

6.2

3.2

             241,778

70.2

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, 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.