The contract for the Ashkelon facility was awarded in September 2001 after an extensive tendering process beginning in July of the previous year. According to the plan, production is intended to rise to 750 million m³ by 2020.
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This called for the construction of a series of plants along the Mediterranean coast, to enable an annual total of 400 million m³ of desalinated water to be produced by 2005, chiefly for urban consumption.
In common with other countries in this water-scarce region, Israel has chronic problems over water resources, which the 2000 Desalination Master Plan set out to address. The overall revenue over the period of the contract will be in the region of $825m. In addition, the scheme required construction of workshop and laboratory buildings, access roads, and a dedicated gas turbine power station.īuilt by VID, the total project cost was $212m and was funded by a mixture of equity (23%) and debt (77%). The project included membrane desalination units and facilities for seawater pumping, as well as brine removal, raw water pre-treatment, and product water treatment. "With a capacity of 330,000m³ per day, the plant produces around 13% of the country’s domestic consumer demand." It has been suggested that it could be many years before this plant's achievement is matched. The complete installation holds 40,000 membrane elements and uses optimised, multi-stage RO and boron removal procedures.Īshkelon produces around 13% of Israel's domestic consumer demand – at one of the world's lowest ever prices for desalinated water. The facility comprises two identical plants, each consisting of a pumping centre which feeds 16 RO banks. The plant uses a three-centre design to maximise efficiency, reliability and operational flexibility the comprehensive mathematical modelling performed on the entire system during the design stage enabled commissioning to be fast and straightforward.Ī dedicated gas turbine power station was built adjacent to the desalination plant an overhead line provides a second supply from the Israeli national grid. Producing more than 100 million m³ of water/year, the Ashkelon SWRO plant is twice the size of the current next largest facility of its kind. Israel's Desalination Master Plan - a major initiative to double desalinated water production to 400 million m³/yr - arose in response.
Israel has a chronic water resource problem - North Africa and the Middle East is the world's most water-scarce region.
It occupies an area of 75,000m² and includes its own gas turbine power station to provide the facility with a dedicated electrical supply.
Operational reliability and continuity have been heavily prioritised throughout the design.Īrtist's impression of the finished plant in situ. The plant holds 40,000 membrane elements in 32 reverse osmosis (RO) treatment trains over four floors and uses optimised, multi-stage RO and boron removal procedures. Producing 100 million m³/yr of desalinated water, it is the largest facility of its kind in the world. It is the first of a number of similar large-scale seawater desalination facilities planned.ĭesign drawing of the new Ashkelon plant. Located on Israel's southern Mediterranean coast, the new Ashkelon SWRO plant will provide around 15% of Israel's domestic needs.
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