Annual Available Water Quantity in Palestine(1) by Region and Source, 2023
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Publish Date, 25/06/2025 |
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| Unit: million m3 | |||||
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Region |
Source |
Total |
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| Annual Pumped Quantity from Groundwater Wells | Annual Discharge of Springs Water(2) | Desalinated Drinking Water(3) | Purchased Water from Israeli Water Company (Mekorot & Hagihon)(4) | ||
| Palestine | 261.3 | 28.3 | 8.0 | 98.5 | 396.1 |
| West Bank | 106.8 | 28.3 | 0 | 82.3 | 217.4 |
| Gaza Strip* | 154.5 | 0 | 8.0 | 16.2 | 178.7 |
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| (1) Data exclude those parts of Jerusalem which were annexed by Israeli Occupation in 1967. | |||||
| (2) This does not include Fashkha springs. | |||||
| (3) Desalinated water plants owned by private sector, suplied people with bottled desalinated drinking water. | |||||
| (4) This includes 6.9 million m3 used for agricultural in Tubas and Northern Valleys governorate annually. | |||||
| * The shortage in water quantities is due to the Israeli occupation's aggression on the Gaza Strip during the last quarter of 2023. | |||||
| Source: Palestinian Water Authority, 2023. Water Information System. Ramallah - Palestine. | |||||
| Definitions: | |||||
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Groundwater: It refers to water (fresh or brackish)
beneath earth surface (usually in aquifers) supplying wells and springs |
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