Israel

228 articles in Israel

A gift from God Vol 4, Issue 12 (December 2003)

Low tariffs are one of the most significant barriers to the expansion of desalination.

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.

PROJECTS Vol 4, Issue 12 (December 2003)

The UK’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) awarded Package C of Project Aquatrine to the C2C consortium of Costain, Ove Arup & Partners and Severn Trent.

DEVELOPMENT AID/POLITICS Vol 4, Issue 8 (August 2003)

Iraq: Thames Water started work on a Unicef-funded project to establish mobile treatment plants drawingwater from the River Tigris.

LEGAL/REGULATORY Vol 4, Issue 8 (August 2003)

Israel: The Supreme Court rejected the petition filed by Ondeo Degrémont to declare it as the winner of a Mekorot tender to build the country’s central filtration facility (see GWI, Vol. 4, Issue 7, p.21).

Degrémont challenges Mekorot contract award Vol 4, Issue 7 (July 2003)

The company claims that its offer to build a filtration plant was artificially inflated – which meant that it lost out to a rival bid.

Mekorot completes $140 million bond issue Vol 4, Issue 5 (May 2003)

The funds are needed for new projects to meet the growing demand for water.

COMPANY RESULTS/POLICY Vol 4, Issue 3 (March 2003)

France: Vivendi Environnement (VE) reported a 7.1% rise in net profits for 2002 of €339 million after posting a net loss of €2.3 billion in 2001.

PEOPLE/TECHNOLOGY Vol 4, Issue 1 (January 2003)

Australia: Suez appointed Russell Cooper as head of its local services division.

Israel and Turkey finally agree water transfer deal Vol 3, Issue 9 (September 2002)

A year from now, the first drop of Turkish water will flow through Israel’s National Water Carrier, following three years of negotiations and procrastination which have marred, and even jeopardised, the strong economic ties between the two countries.