Ashdod Desalination
Seawater RO, 100 million m3/year in Israel.
Operational
The record
- Country
- Israel
- Location
- Ashdod
- Coordinates
- 31.850, 34.686
- Technology
- Seawater RO
- Capacity
- 100 million m3/year
- Capital cost
- US$605 million
- Stage
- Operational
- Owner or client
- Mekorot Development & Enterprise (State of Israel)
- Contractor
- —
- Operator
- Mekorot Development & Enterprise
- Finance
- EIB loan of up to EUR 120 million signed December 2011 within a total cost of about EUR 458 million
- Award or start year
- 2011
- Commissioned
- 2015
Record last checked 2026-09-18.
History
- 2011-08
Mekorot Development and Enterprise signs the agreement with the government
- 2011-12
EIB signs a loan of up to EUR 120 million
- 2015
plant enters operation after delays and engineering problems
- 2016
World Bank records the year of operation as 2016
Sources
6 references
Every field in the record above is taken from the references below. A field that none of them confirms prints as a dash.
- European Investment Bank project record, Mekorot Ashdod desalination plant (20090602), signed 6 December 2011. eib.org.
- total cost about EUR 458 million including contingencies and interest during construction, EIB loan up to EUR 120 million, promoter Mekorot Enterprise & Development, at least 100 million m3/year, open seawater intake and sea outfall for brine.
- World Bank, Water Management in Israel: Key Innovations and Lessons Learned (2017), Table 4.2 Major Seawater Desalination Plants in Israel. documents1.worldbank.org.
- Ashdod listed with Mekorot 100%, BOT, US$0.65/m3, 100 million m3/year and a year of operation of 2016. Legislative Council of Hong Kong Research Office, Fact Sheet: Seawater desalination in Israel, April 2017. legco.gov.hk.
- Open for operation since 2015, two sub-plants with separate water and power supply, project cost about ILS 1.5 billion, purchase price ILS 2.40/m3. Israel Desalination Society, Ashdod Desalination Plant (bot-walled, HTTP 403 to curl, read in browser). ildesal.org.il.
- MENA Water Review major projects register and PPP pipeline — compiled from procurer publications, development-bank project pages and trade reporting; each record names its source.
Mekorot Development and Enterprise signed with the government in August 2011, SWRO with ultrafiltration pre-treatment, 2015. Budget converted from EUR 458 million at 1.32 US$ per EUR, the December 2011 rate. Coordinates from the OpenStreetMap way named מתקן התפלה אשדוד.