How Gaza gets its water
Ongoing fuel and power shortages have hindered clean water production and distribution due to the shutdown of desalination plants, water treatment plants and pumping facilities across the strip.
LEBANON
SYRIA
Med. Sea
GOLAN
HEIGHTS
WEST
BANK
Tel Aviv
Jerusalem
Detail
GAZA
JORDAN
ISRAEL
EGYPT
The Coastal Aquifer
stretching from northern Egypt through Gaza and into Israel, is Gaza's main source of water, but only 4% of water extracted is safe to drink.
Desalination plant
Wastewater treatment plant
Pipeline connection point
Three seawater desalination plants produce drinking water but require electricity or fuel
to operate.
Erez
crossing
Beit Hanoun
Gaza
City
Wastewater
treatment plants
keep polluted water from seeping into the ground.
Deir al-Balah
GAZA
The Palestinian
Water Authority
buys drinking water from Israeli, state-owned water company Mekorot, which
is carried through three pipelines into Gaza via three connection points. In 2021, about 6% of Gaza's water came from Mekorot.
Khan Younis
Rafah
RAFAH
Rafah
crossing
The average daily
water consumption
in Rafah in 2021 was 72.6 liters per person, the lowest in all of the Gaza Strip.
Kerem
Shalom
crossing
EGYPT
5 miles
5 km
Desalination plant
Wastewater treatment plant
Pipeline connection point
5 miles
Three seawater desalination plants produce drinking water but require electricity or fuel to operate.
5 km
Wastewater
treatment plants
keep polluted water from seeping into the ground.
Erez crossing
Beit Hanoun
Gaza
City
The Palestinian
Water Authority
buys drinking water from Israeli, state-owned water company Mekorot, which is carried through three pipelines into Gaza via three connection points. In 2021, about 6% of Gaza’s water came from Mekorot.
Deir al-Balah
The average daily
water consumption
in Rafah in 2021 was 72.6 liters per person, the lowest in all of the Gaza Strip.
GAZA
Khan Younis
LEBANON
SYRIA
Med. Sea
Rafah
GOLAN
HEIGHTS
ISRAEL
RAFAH
Rafah crossing
WEST
BANK
Tel Aviv
Kerem Shalom crossing
Jerusalem
Detail
GAZA
JORDAN
The Coastal Aquifer
stretching from northern Egypt through Gaza and into Israel, is Gaza’s main source of water, but only 4% of water extracted is safe to drink.
EGYPT
ISRAEL
EGYPT
