The Water Crisis: Statistics

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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 (by percentage)
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.

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