Annual Available Water Quantity in Palestine(1) by Region and Source, 2021

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Unit: million m3

 Source 


Total

Region

Annual Pumped Quantity from Groundwater Wells

Annual Discharge of Springs Water(2) 

Desalinated Drinking Water(3) 

Purchased Water from Israeli Water Company (Mekorot)(4)

297.8

37.0

7.5

96.1

438.4

Palestine(1)

105.3

37.0

                  - 

81.7

224.0

West Bank(1)

192.5

              - 

7.5

14.4

214.4

Gaza Strip


(1)  Data exclude those parts of Jerusalem which were annexed by Israeli Occupation in 1967.

(2) This does not include Fashkha springs.

(3) Desalinated water plants owned by private sector, suplied people with bottled desalinated drinking water.

(4) This includes 4.4 million m3 used for agricultural in Tubas and Northern Valleys governorate annually.

(-) Nill

Source: Palestinian Water Authority, 2021.  Water Information System. Ramallah - Palestine.