East Mediterr Health J. 2009 Nov-Dec;15(6):1542-52.
We investigated access to and quality of water in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. As regards access, 89.2% of Palestinian families live in households connected to the public water network: 84.1% in the West Bank and 99.3% in the Gaza Strip. In the north and south West Bank, 2.3% of households depend on buying water from tanks but this is not available in the mid-West Bank and Gaza Strip. Rain-fed cisterns are used in 13% of households in the West Bank and 0.2% in the Gaza Strip. Overall, 63% of households considered the water quality good, 88.0% in the West Bank and 13.3% in the Gaza Strip. There was a significant relationship between water-related diseases and water quality: the spread of such diseases was greater in the Gaza Strip.
我们调查了巴勒斯坦被占领土的用水情况和水质。在用水方面，89.2%的巴勒斯坦家庭接入了公共供水网络：约旦河西岸为84.1%，加沙地带为99.3%。在约旦河西岸北部和南部，2.3%的家庭依赖从水箱购买水，但约旦河西岸中部和加沙地带没有这种情况。约旦河西岸13%的家庭使用雨水蓄水池，加沙地带为0.2%。总体而言，63%的家庭认为水质良好，约旦河西岸为88.0%，加沙地带为13.3%。与水相关的疾病和水质之间存在显著关系：此类疾病在加沙地带的传播更为严重。
