Minister forces Mekorot to move

Israel’s national water company is finally facing up to a competitive future. It is the only way the Ashdod desalination plant will get built.

Mekorot has pushed ahead with its restructuring programme after minister of national infrastructures Benjamin Ben-Eliezer threatened to publish a new tender for its Ashdod desalination project unless Mekorot started work on the construction of the desalination plant.

Baran won the tender to construct the 125,000m3/d Ashdod desalination plant three years ago but there has been no action ...

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