Oceana Marine Research

6 articles about "Oceana Marine Research"

Israel’s desal programme moves up a gear Vol 8, Issue 5 (May 2007)

The start-up of the Palmachim plant is the latest step in Israel’s desalination programme. Revised capacity targets mean there is still more to be done.

AT LAST Vol 5, Issue 12 (December 2004)

The Via Maris consortium has finally closed the financing for its proposal to build a 82,000m³/d desalination plant at Palmahim, south of Tel Aviv.

Israel’s desal plans “shaky” Vol 5, Issue 4 (April 2004)

The National Desalination Plan is being held up by money worries. Israel correspondent Aaron Priel reports.

New options for Israel desal Vol 5, Issue 2 (February 2004)

Israel’s desalination sector made an unexpected change in direction last month as the consortia charged with building four new desalination plants proposed scrapping two and doubling the capacity of the other two, and the prime minister Ariel Sharon voiced his support for further increasing the output of the Ashkelon plant.

Ministry endangers Israel’s desal plans Vol 4, Issue 12 (December 2003)

The finance ministry doesn’t want to carry the cost of increasing the capacity of four proposed desalination plants by 50% but the banks may not finance the projects without the increase.

Israel’s desalination plans Vol 3, Issue 3 (March 2002)

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.