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The Westbank 2 program addresses the scarcity of water due to conflict and climatic conditions. Accordingly, program participants depend on collecting rainwater in cisterns for agricultural and domestic use.
The average per capita water consumption in the district is 64 liters per person per day. Out of this quantity about 30-40% goes to agriculture, industry, or is lost due to network leakage or theft. Therefore, the remaining amount for domestic use does not exceed 30 liters per person per day, especially during the dry summer time (from May to October). This stunning figure is significantly below the 100 liters per day recommended by the World Health Organization as the minimum.
To address this problem, the program will assist participants establish permanent sources of water in drilling 62 cisterns (12 in the first year and 25 in each of the consecutive years) and provide training on water resource maintenance. This will irrigate about 50 acres of land for the production of vegetables, grapes, olives and almonds for consumption, processing and marketing.
