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

per Capita in Palestine and West Bank(1) by Governorate, 2021

 

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 Supplied  Water for Domestic Sector (million m3)

Consumed Water   (million m3)

Total Losses (million m3)

 Population End of 2021

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

Governorate

250.7

157.0

93.7

4,983,181

86.3

Palestine(1)

137.4

92.5 44.9 2,846,674

89.0

West Bank(1) (2)

14.0

8.8 5.2 342,396

70.4

Jenin

3.3

1.8 1.5 66,628

74.0

Tubas & Northern Valleys

16.8

10.0 6.8 200,629

136.5

Tulkarm

19.8

14.4 5.4 419,589

94.0

Nablus

9.6

7.3

2.3 123,002

162.5

Qalqiliya

4.8

3.8 1.0 83,050

125.3

Salfit

30.8

22.0 8.8 528,107

114.1

Ramallah & Al-Bireh and Jerusalem(1)

5.4

3.6 1.8 53,802

183.2

Jericho & Al-Aghwar(3)

32.9

20.8 12.1 1,029,471

55.3

Bethlehem and Hebron (4)


(1)   Data exclude those parts of Jerusalem which were annexed by Israeli Occupation in 1967. Where this part inhabited by 307,744 Palestinian citizens 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)  It is not possible to separate data for the governorates of Ramallah, Al-Bireh, and Jerusalem, as well as the governorates of Hebron and Bethlehem, due to the nature of their shared water supply system.

 

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.