Selected Indicators for Water Statistics in Palestine (1), 2021
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Unit: million m3 |
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Indicator |
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2021 |
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438.4 |
Annual Available Water Quantity |
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297.8 |
Annual Pumped Quantity from Groundwater Wells(2) |
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37.0 |
Annual Discharge of Springs Water(3) |
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7.5 |
Desliniated Drinking Water (4) |
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96.1 |
Annual Quantity of Water Purchased from Israeli Water Company (Mekorot)(5) |
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250.7 |
Quantity of Water Supply for Domestic Sector |
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86.3 |
Daily Consumption Rate per capita (liter/capita/day) |
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(1) Data exclude those parts of Jerusalem which were annexed by Israeli Occupation in 1967. |
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(2) This includes the unsafe pumping from the coastal aquifer in the Gaza Strip (and does not include the abstraction of the unlicensed wells in Gaza), of which the safe pumping and the basin sustainable yield do not exceed 50-60 million m3 from the abstracted 198.6 million m3. About 100 million m3 is sea water from return flow (sea Water intrusion). About 97% of the water pumped from the coastal aquifer does not match the water quality standards of the World Health Organization. |
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(3)This does not include Fashkha springs for the years 2021. |
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(4) Desalinated water plants owned by private sector. |
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(5) This includes 4.4 million m3 used for agricultural in Tubas and Northern Valleys governorate annually. |
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(-) Nill |
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Source: Palestinian Water Authority, 2021. Water Information System. |
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