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

per Capita in Palestine and West Bank(1) by Governorate, 2020

 

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 Supplied  Water for Domestic Sector (million m3)

Consumed Water   (million m3)

Total Losses (million m3)

 Population End of 2020

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

Governorate

232.6

149.5

83.1

4,863,012

84.2

Palestine(1)

124.1

83.8 40.3 2,785,653

82.4

West Bank(1) (2)

13.9

8.5 5.4 335,485

69.4

Jenin

2.3

1.7 0.6 65,211

71.4

Tubas & Northern Valleys

15.3

9.3 6.0 197,098

129.2

Tulkarm

18.1

12.7 5.4 411,680

84.5

Nablus

8.2

6.2

2.0 120,357

141.0

Qalqiliya

3.2

3.1 0.1 81,162

104.6

Salfit

29.4

21.1 8.3 517,097

111.7

Ramallah & Al-Bireh and Jerusalem(1)

4.2

2.5 1.7 52,836

129.5

Jericho & Al-Aghwar(3)

29.5

18.7 10.8 1,004,727

51.0

Bethlehem and Hebron (4)


(1)  Data exclude those parts of Jerusalem which were annexed by Israeli Occupation in 1967. Where this part inhabited by 301,164 Palestinian citizens 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, 2020.  Water Information System. 
Ramallah - Palestine.
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, 2020.  Estimates based on the final results of Population, Housing, and Establishment Census 2017.
 Ramallah- Palestine.