The Water and Sewage Corporation (Gihon) provides the
city’s residents with water, plans and develops the water network necessary to meet
the needs of a developing city, and maintains and develops sewage and drainage networks
and the waste water purification facilities.
In 1997, the water network was expanded so that it will extend over
1,032 kilometers, while the sewage and drainage network will extend over 1,122 kilometers.
The following water and sewage facilities are located in Jerusalem and
its environs in 1997 (based on budgetary proposals for that year):
| The Water Network |
|
Network (kms.) |
1,032 |
| Number of Consumers |
151,600 |
| Number of Water Meters |
150,000 |
| Number of Pools |
17 |
| Number of Pumping Stations |
10 |
| Number of Feeding Lines |
12 |
| Average Age of the Water Network (Years) |
13 |
The Sewage Network |
| Sewage and Drainage Network (kms.) |
1,122 |
| Number of Pumping Stations (Sewage) |
3 |
| Number of Purification Plants |
1 |
| Number of Pretreatment Plants |
2 |
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