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

per Capita in the West Bank by Governorate, 2017

 

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 Supplied  Water for Domestic Sector

 (million m3)

Consumed Water  

 (million m3)

Total Losses (million m3)

 Population End of 2017

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

Governorate

116.8

84.1

32.7

2,607,018

88.3

West Bank(1) (2)

8.2

5.8

2.4

315,382

50.4

Jenin

3.1

2.3

0.8

61,072

103.1

Tubas and Northern Valleys

10.4

6.4

4.0

186,803

93.8

Tulkarm

14.5

10.0

4.5

388,680

70.4

Nablus

8.2

6.1

2.1

112,670

148.2

Qalqiliya

3.2

2.6

0.6

75,679

94.1

Salfit

25.2

20.4

4.8

484,333

115.3

Ramallah and Al-Bireh, and Jerusalem(1)

6.4

4.3

2.1

50,025

235.3

Jericho and Al-Aghwar(3)

37.6

26.2

11.4

932,374

76.9

Bethlehem and Hebron (4)


(1)  Data exclude those parts of Jerusalem which were annexed by Israeli Occupation in 1967.  Where this part inhabited by  281,913 palestinian citizens whom holding Jerusalem identity card 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, 2017.  Water Information System.  Ramallah - Palestine.
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, 2017.  final result of Population, Housing, and Establishment Census 2017.  Ramallah- Palestine.