Executive summary, May 2023
- Israelis, including those living in settlements, use an average of 247 liters of water a day per person – three times the quantity used by Palestinians in the West Bank, which amounts to 82.4 liters a person. In Palestinian communities that are not hooked up to the water grid, average daily water consumption is a mere 26 liters per person, much like the average in disaster zones.
- 92% of Palestinians in the West Bank store water in tanks on their rooftops to counter the chronic water shortage.
- In total, Israelis consumed 10 times the amount of water consumed by Palestinians in the West Bank in 2020 – although the Israeli population is only three times larger.
- For the complete report, use the following link; https://www.btselem.org/publications/202305_parched