Not Enough Water in WB
The average Palestinian in the West Bank can access only one quarter of the water available to the average Israeli each day, and 30 liters less than the World Health Organization’s minimum recommendation. From 2012-2020, Israeli authorities demolished 506 Palestinian water, sanitation, & hygiene (WASH) structures in the occupied West Bank, according to OCHA data. This animation is an adaptation of an infographic originally published by Visualizing Palestine in October 2013.
SOURCES & DATA
VIEW ORIGINAL INFOGRAPHIC: https://visualizingpalestine.org/visuals/west-bank-water
UK Met Office, 2012. Historic Station Data (accessed on 21 March 2012)
Palestinian Water Authority, 2003. Rainfall Variability and Change in the West Bank (PDF)
"Amnesty, 2009. Troubled Waters - Palestinians denied fair access to water" (PDF)
UK DEFRA, 2013. Domestic Water Saving (accessed on 7 February 2013)
WHO, 2003. Domestic Water Quantity, Service Level and Health (PDF)
C. Messerschmid, 2007. Hydro-hegemony in shared Israeli, Palestinian groundwater resources (PDF)
EWASH, 2012. Israeli restrictions on the WASH sector in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and their impact on vulnerable communities (PDF)
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