20. Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. Household Environmental Survey 1999: Main Findings. Ramallah: PCBS, 2000: 115 pp.
In Arabic and English.

This report is a series of reports published by the PCBS on the environment according to the sub master plan for the Environment Statistical Department, as a tool for describing the status of environment in the Palestinian Territory. The report handles the main results of the environmental household survey that had been conducted during the period from 9/10/1999 to 28/11/1999. The main objective of the survey is to provide reliable data on environmental reality about the household sector in the Palestinian Territory, including the methods used to handle the solid waste and wastewater. It includes also the role of local authority in providing the suitable environment that will reduce the negative effect of the different types of pollution on the household sector. This report presents statistical data on water consumption for the household sector by the water source, the methods of solid waste disposal and their main components, the disposal of wastewater, the existence of cesspits and water wells. In addition to exposure to noise and air pollution by the source and time.