Israel’s desalination plans
- From: Vol 3, Issue 3 (March 2002)
- Category: General
- Region: Middle East
- Country: Israel
- Related Companies: Baran Group, Dankner, Dor Chemicals, Elco Holdings, Granite Hacarmel Investments, IDE Technologies, Ionics, Middle East Tube Co, Oceana Marine Research, Shemen Industries, Tahal Consulting Engineers and Veolia Environnement (formerly Vivendi Environnement)
In an attempt to bridge the gap between the growing demand for water and the inability of its existing resources to meet this need, Israel is turning to the sea. Despite warnings voiced by experts over the past two decades that the water shortage is both real and imminent, the government did nothing until the middle of 2001, by which time Israel was experiencing its most severe shortage since its inception in 1948.
The government, Mekorot, private businesses and international water companies are now in the midst of a race to build desalination plants as quickly as possible. The overall plan is to construct four large seawater plants and between eight and ten medium and small plants, some for desalinating seawater and some for desalinating water from saline aquifers and marginal water sources ...
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