Selected Indicators for Water Statistics in West Bank (1), 2010 – 2018

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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)

(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Consumed Water:  It refers to water withdrawn from groundwater or a source of surface water for industrial, domestic and irrigation purposes or for any other use.