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, 2023

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Publish Date, 25/06/2025

Governorate

 Supplied  Water for Domestic Sector (million m3)

Consumed Water   (million m3)

Total Losses (million m3)

 Population at the End of 2023

Daily Consumption Rate per capita (liter/capita/day)
Palestine 245.4 152.3 93.1 5,227,465 79.8
West Bank(2) 150.4 95.5 54.9 2,970,413 88.0
Jenin 15.2 8.7 6.3 356,405 66.8
Tubas & Northern Valleys 3.4 1.8 1.6 69,502 70.9
Tulkarm 17.8 10.8 5.9 207,726 142.3
Nablus 23.0 13.2 7.9 435,608 83.0
Qalqiliya 10.0 7.3 2.6 128,385 155.7
Salfit 4.5 3.2 1.2 86,891 100.8
Ramallah & Al-Bireh and Jerusalem 33.5 22.4 11.1 550,237 111.5
Jericho & Al-Aghwar(3) 6.7 3.9 2.8 55,762 191.5
Bethlehem and Hebron (4) 36.3 24.2 12.1 1,079,899 61.4
(1)  Data exclude those parts of Jerusalem which were annexed by Israeli Occupation in 1967.  Where this part inhabited by 320,993 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 2023.  Water Information System.  Ramallah - Palestine.
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, 2023.  Estimates based on the final results of Population, Housing, and Establishment Census 2017. 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Consumed Water:  It refers to water withdrawn from groundwater or a source of surface water for industrial, domestic and irrigation purposes or for any other use.
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).