Selected Indicators for Water Statistics in West Bank (1), 2010 – 2018
| Unit: million m3 | |||||||||
| Year | Indicator | ||||||||
| 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | |
| 153.8 | 139.7 | 156.2 | 163.1 | 163.8 | 187.8 | 182.4 | 181.9 | 195.8 | Annual Available Water Quantity |
| 71.6 | 65.5 | 64.3 | 64.3 | 75.6 | 83.3 | 84.4 | 85.8 | 96.6 |
Annual Pumped
Quantity from Groundwater Wells(2) |
| 26.8 | 21.4 | 39.3 | 39.5 | 28.2 | 40.7 | 29.0 | 23.5 | 25.5 | Annual Discharge of Springs Water(3) |
| 85 | 88.3 | 93.9 | 100.9 | 102.8 | 119.6 | 116.0 | 116.8 | 118.9 | Quantity of Water Supply for Domestic Sector |
| 73.0 | 73.0 | 81.7 | 78.8 | 79.1 | 84.3 | 82.3 | 88.3 | 90.5 | Daily Consumption Rate per capita (liter/capita/day) |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Desliniated Drinking Water (4) |
| 55.4 | 52.8 | 52.6 | 59.3 | 60.0 | 63.8 | 69.0 | 72.6 | 73.7 | Annual Quantity of Water Purchased from Israeli Water Company (Mekorot)(5) |
| 60.3 | 62.3 | 67.9 | 71.9 | 74.2 | 81.2 | 81.3 | 84.1 | 88.1 |
Consumed Water by Domestic Sector (million m3) |
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| (1) Data exclude those parts of Jerusalem which were annexed by Israeli Occupation in 1967. | |||||||||
| (2) This does not include abstraction from unlicensed wells. | |||||||||
| (3)This does not include Fashkha springs group for the years (2011-2018). | |||||||||
| ((4) Desalinated water plants owned by private sector, supplied people with bottled desalinated drinking water | |||||||||
| (5) This includes 4.4 million m3 supplied for agricultural use in Tubas and Northern Valleys governorate. | |||||||||
| (-) Nill | |||||||||
| Source: Palestinian Water Authority, 2018. Water Information System. 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| Consumed Water: It refers to water withdrawn from groundwater or a source of surface water for industrial, domestic and irrigation purposes or for any other use. | |||||||||