Selected Indicators for Water Statistics in Palestine (1), 2023
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Publish Date, 25/06/2025 |
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Unit: million m3 |
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2023 |
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| 396.1 | Annual Available Water Quantity |
| 261.3 | Annual Pumped Quantity
from Groundwater Wells(2) |
| 28.3 | Annual Discharge of Springs Water |
| 8.0 | Desliniated Drinking Water (4) |
| 98.5 | Annual Quantity of Water Purchased from Israeli Water Company (Mekorot & Hagihon)(5) |
| 245.4 | Quantity of Water Supply for Domestic Sector |
| 79.8 | 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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(4) Desalinated water plants owned by private sector. |
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(5) This includes 6.9 million m3 used for agricultural in Tubas and Northern Valleys governorate annually.. |
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(-) Nill |
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| 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| Consumed Water: It refers to water withdrawn from groundwater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. |
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| Groundwater: It refers to water (fresh or brackish) beneath
earth surface (usually in aquifers) supplying wells and springs. |
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| Water Supplied: It refers to quantity of water, which has been
distributed from its different resources after collection and treatment for consumers (industrial and commercial establishment,irrigation utilities and public institutions). |
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| * The shortage in water quantities is due to the Israeli occupation's aggression on the Gaza Strip during the last quarter of 2023. | |