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Percent distribution of household population according to main source of drinking water and percentage of household population using improved drinking water sources, Palestine, 2014
  Main source of drinking water Total Percentage using improved sources of drinking water [1] Number of household members
Improved sources Unimproved sources
PIPED WATER TUBE WELL / BOREHOLE  PROTECTED WELL  PROTECTED SPRING RAINWATER Collection Bottled Watera  UNPROTECTED WELL UNPROTECTED SPRING Tanker Truck Cart with tank/drum Bottled water [A] OTHER
 INTO DWELLING In To YARD / PLOT  PUBLIC TAP / STANDPIPE
State of Palestine 56.7 0.2 0.2 0.1 2.4 0.1 0.5 1.3 0.0 0.1 29.4 8.8 0 0.1 100.0 61.5                 56,366
West Bank 88.9 0.3 0.2 0.2 4.0 0.2 0.9 2.1 0.0 0.1 2.8 0.1 0.1 0.1 100.0 96.8                 33,337
     Jenin 76.3 0.0 1.1 0.2 6.3 0.6 1.8 1.1 0.0 0.0 12.5 0.2 0.0 0.0 100.0 87.3                   3,777
     Tubas & Northen Valley 94.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 5.2 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 100.0                       671
     Tulkarm 95.8 0.0 0.2 0.0 2.3 0.6 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.5 100.0 99.5                   2,081
     Nablus 91.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 4.1 0.0 0.9 1.0 0.1 0.0 2.5 0.0 0.1 0.0 100.0 97.3                   4,486
     Qalqilia 97.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.8 0.0 0.0 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 100.0                   1,175
     Salfit 99.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 100.0                       876
     Ramallah & Al-Bireh 88.5 0.0 0.0 0.6 1.2 1.3 0.1 7.0 0.0 0.8 0.4 0.0 0.2 0.0 100.0 98.7                   3,744
    Jericho & Al-Aghwar 95.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 1.8 0.0 0.8 0.0 100.0 97.4                       658
     Jerusalem (*) 94.4 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 4.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 100.0 99.8                   5,119
     Bethlehem 94.8 0.0 0.8 0.7 0.9 0.0 0.0 2.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.2 100.0 99.5                   2,640
     Hebron 83.4 0.9 0.1 0.0 9.2 0.0 1.7 0.3 0.1 0.0 4.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 100.0 95.7                   8,110
Gaza Strip 10.1 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 .0 0.0 68.0 21.5 0.0 0.1 100.0 10.4                 23,029
     North Gaza 16.0 0.1 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 .2 0.0 68.9 14.0 0.0 0.1 100.0 16.8                   4,307
     Gaza 3.8 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 .0 0.0 78.3 17.7 0.0 0.0 100.0 3.9                   8,334
     Deir Al-Balah 3.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 80.2 16.6 0.0 0.0 100.0 3.2                   3,431
     Khan Yunis 20.3 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 42.8 36.1 0.0 0.3 100.0 20.8                   4,294
     Rafah 76.3 0.0 1.1 0.2 6.3 0.6 1.8 0.1 0.0 0.0 58.9 28.4 0.0 0.0 100.0 12.6                   2,664
1 MICS indicator 4.1; MDG indicator 7.8 - Use of improved drinking water sources.
a Households using bottled water as the main source of drinking water are classified into improved or unimproved drinking water users according to the water source used for other purposes such as cooking and hand washing. 
Definition: The proportion of the population using safely managed drinking water services is defined asthe proportion
of population using an improved drinking water source which is accessible on premises, available when
needed and free from faucal and priority chemical contamination. ‘Improved’ drinking water sources
include: piped supplies, boreholes and tube wells, protected dug wells, protected springs, rainwater, water
kiosks, and packaged and delivered water