Quantity of Water Supply for Domestic Sector, Water Consumed, Total Losses, Population and Daily Consumption per Capita in Gaza Strip* by Governorate, 2023

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Publish Date, 25/06/2025

Governorate

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

  Consumed Water by Domestic Sector
 (million m3)

Total Losses
  (million m3)

 Population at the End of 2023

Daily Consumption Rate per capita (liter/capita/day)
Gaza Strip 95.0 56.8 38.2 2,257,052 68.9
North Gaza 21.5 13.0 8.5 451,451 78.8
Gaza 32.9 19.7 13.2 758,134 71.1
Dier Al-Balah 15.1 7.8 7.3 323,425 66.0
Khan Younis 15.0 10.3 4.7 444,906 63.4
Rafah 10.5 6.0 4.5 279,136 58.8
(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 & Hagihon 6.4 million m3.
* The shortage in water quantities is due to the Israeli occupation's aggression on the Gaza Strip during the last quarter of 2023.
Sources: Palestinian Water Authority, Water Sector Regulatory Council 2023.  Water Information System.  Ramallah - Palestine.
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, 2023.  Estimates based on the final results of Population, Housing, and Establishment Census 2017. Ramallah- Palestine.
Definitions:
Consumed Water:  It refers to water withdrawn from groundwater or a source of surface water for industrial, domestic and irrigation purposes or for any other use.
Water Supplied: It refers to quantity of water, which has been distributed from its different resources after collection and treatment for consumers (industrial and commercial establishment, irrigation utilities and public institutions).