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

per Capita in Gaza Strip by Governorate, 2021

 

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Water Supply for Domestic Sector (million m3)(1) (2) 

  Consumed Water by Domestic Sector
 (million m3)

Total Losses
  (million m3)

 Population End of 2021

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

Governorate
113.3 64.5 48.8  2,136,507 82.7

Gaza Strip
28.7 16.4 12.3             423,726 106.0

North Gaza
39.7 19.8 19.9              722,350 75.0

Gaza
16.5 9.1 7.4             306,663 81.2

Dier Al-Balah
16.8 12.2 4.6              419,892 79.5

Khan Younis
11.6 7.0 4.6              263,876 72.6

Rafah

(1) More than 97% of the water pumped from the coastal aquifer does not satisfy the water quality  standards of the World Health Organization.  

(2) Data include water purchased from Mekorot 6.4 million m3.

Sources: Palestinian Water Authority, Water Sector Regulatory Council 2021. Water Information System. Ramallah - Palestine.
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, 2021. Estimates based on the final results of Population, Housing, and Establishment Census 2017. Ramallah- Palestine.