West Bank Water Statistics
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
|
|
Tubas
|
48,100
|
15
|
17,100
|
36%
|
|
Nablus
|
336,400
|
27
|
70,800
|
19%
|
|
Jenin
|
261,800
|
37
|
45,600
|
17%
|
|
Qalqiliya
|
97,500
|
15
|
15,400
|
16%
|
|
Salfit
|
64,100
|
2
|
8,900
|
14%
|
|
Tulkarm
|
172,800
|
11
|
21,300
|
12%
|
|
Hebron
|
542,600
|
90
|
38,100
|
7%
|
|
Bethlehem
|
180,100
|
16
|
8,800
|
5%
|
|
al-Quds
|
153,750
|
3
|
1,400
|
0.9%
|
|
Ramallah
|
290,400
|
4
|
200
|
0.06%
|
|
Jericho
|
43,600
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Total
|
2,191,100
|
220
|
227,500
|
10.4%
|
Water
Consumption in the West Bank in 2007, 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
|
27%
|
38
|
|
Tubas
|
0.84
|
47.9
|
38%
|
30
|
|
al-Quds
|
7.57
|
135
|
26%
|
99
|
|
Hebron
|
16.90
|
81.2
|
36%
|
54
|
|
Salfit
|
1.81
|
77.7
|
39.1%
|
47
|
|
Tulkarm
|
7.87
|
124.9
|
42%
|
73
|
|
Nablus
|
10.47
|
85.2
|
37%
|
53
|
|
Qalqiliya
|
4.59
|
129.2
|
25%
|
97
|
|
Bethlehem
|
8.22
|
125.1
|
44%
|
71
|
|
Ramallah
|
12.08
|
113.9
|
26%
|
84
|
|
Jericho
|
3.92
|
246.7
|
24%
|
187
|
|
Total
|
79.32
|
99.2
|
34%
|
66
|
* Source: The Palestinian Water
Authority's statistics for the end of 2007.
The
Water Crisis
|
Water
Resources
|
Villages
not connected to water