Water crisis

Statistics

Published: 
1 Jan 2011

Population of the West Bank Not Connected to a Running-Water Network, 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
50,380
12
14,796
29%
Nablus
332,102
26
67,772
20%
Jenin
264,667
31
49,284
19%
Qalqiliya
94,051
7
5,373
5.7%
Salfit
61,426
2
8,032
13%
Tulkarm
163,434
5
2,707
12%
Hebron
569,317
47
38,712
7%
Bethlehem
182,340
0
0
5%
al-Quds
164,247
3
2,113
0.9%
Ramallah
287,193
0
0
0.06%
Jericho
43,101
0
0
0
Total
2,212,262
134
191,238
10.4%

 

Water Consumption in the West Bank in 2008, by Districts

District
Annual quantity of water supplied to the district (in million cubic meters)
Loss (resulting from defective pipes or theft)*
Per capita daily consumption
(in liters)
Jenin
6.43
34%
44
Tubas
0.92
27%
37
al-Quds
7.55
32%
86
Hebron
16.69
30%
56
Salfit
2.12
29%
67
Tulkarm
9.74
39%
99
Nablus
11.76
37%
62
Qalqiliya
5.20
26%
112
Bethlehem
9.74
39%
89
Ramallah
14.79
32%
96
Jericho
3.60
20%
183
Total
88.57
33%
73

* Source: The Palestinian Water Authority's statistics for the end of 2008.