THE ISRAELI INFORMATION CENTER FOR
IN THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES
 

Statistics

Population of the West Bank Not Connected to a Running-Water Network in 2005, by District*

District
Number of residents
Communities not Connected to Running-water Network
Residents in Unconnected Communities
Residents not Connected to Running-water Network
(by percentage)
Tubas
46,600
16
16,800 36%
Nablus
326,900
27
68,700 21%
Jenin
254,200
39
45,000 18%
Qalqiliya
94,200
16
15,000 16%
Salfit
62,100
2
8,500 14%
Tulkarm
167,900
13
18,500 11%
Hebron
524,500
88
36,300 7%
Bethlehem
174,650
12
3,000 2%
al-Quds
149,150
3
1,370 0.9%
Ramallah
280,800
4
2,000 0.8%
Jericho
42,300
0
0 0
Total
2,123,300
220
215,170
10%

 

Water Consumption in the West Bank in 2006, by Districts

District
Annual quantity of water supplied to the district (in million cubic meters)
Per capita daily water supply (in liters)
Loss (resulting from defective pipes or theft)*
Per capita daily consumption
(in liters)
Jenin
5.00
52.3
45%
28.7
Tubas
0.88
50.1
40%
30
al-Quds
3.62
64.5
28%
46.4
Hebron
16.90
85.3
42%
49.4
Salfit
1.82
77.7
36%
49.7
Tulkarm
7.88
124.9
54%
57.4
Nablus
10.47
85.2
32%
57.9
Qalqiliya
4.60
129.2
52%
62
Bethlehem
8.22
124.9
38%
77.4
Ramallah
16.06
151.4
28%
109
Jericho
3.90
244.8
46%
132.1
Total
79.35
99.2
39% 60.5

* * Figures on the amount of loss are taken from the Palestinian Water Authority's statistics for 2005. The other figures are taken from the statistics of the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics and the Palestinian Water Authority', and are correct as of the end of 2006.