Israel

Mekorot to be off-taker on Ashdod desal plant

1 July 2010

Mekorot Development & Enterprise has reportedly proposed a compromised off-take price of NIS 2.55/m3 ($0.66/m3; $2.50/kgal) for water from the… Continue reading

Two desalination plants at Soreq receives go signal

1 July 2010

The Israeli cabinet has approved a plan to build two seawater desalination plants at Soreq, south of Tel Aviv. Each of the plants will have a… Continue reading

Closed circuit RO eliminates ERD

28 June 2010

There are many well-known reasons for RO technology’s growth in seawater desalination applications, and the advent of a new breed of highly efficient… Continue reading

Flowserve to supply energy recovery units to Israel's desalination plant

17 May 2010

Flowserve has announced that it has received a $10 million order for its Calder DWEER energy recovery units for the 500,000 m3/d (132 MGD) Sorek… Continue reading

H2ID will inaugurate Hadera

10 May 2010

H2ID, – a consortium between IDE and Shikun & Binui (Housing and Construction), will inaugurate the Hadera Seawater Desalination Plant on 16 May. The… Continue reading

Another Ashdod project hurdle

29 March 2010

The all-powerful Ministry of Finance - the ministry holding the country's purse strings - weighed in on the 100 million m3/yr (72.4 MGD) Ashdod… Continue reading

Caveat Emptor

15 March 2010

As with other rapidly growing industries, desalination has attracted many would-be inventors who have clever ideas on how to make the process less… Continue reading

Big and bigger

8 March 2010

In its last two issues, WDR has tried to explain the discrepancies in production capacities reported for several large-scale seawater desalination… Continue reading

EuroMed 2010 conference extends submission of abstracts

22 February 2010

EuroMed 2010 has extended the deadline for submittal of abstracts for its October conference in Tel Aviv until 15 March. Abstracts can be submitted… Continue reading

A new number 1

22 February 2010

With the pace at which large-scale seawater RO plants are being constructed - and expanded - it's difficult to keep track which plant has the largest… Continue reading