Sabha (Eilat) Desalination

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1. Jerusalem Post, Mekorot to invest NIS 800 million in doubling water supply to Eilat, 28 January 2026. jpost.com.
2. Mekorot began work to double the water supply to Eilat and nearby areas by increasing the capacity of the Sabcha desalination plant, the region's main water source.
3. The project is estimated at about NIS 800 million, NIS 500 million to expand the plant and NIS 300 million for supporting infrastructure.
4. Acting chief executive Danny Sofer said Mekorot began desalinating for the region in the 1960s and built the existing plant, the first of its kind in Israel, in the late 1970s, and that it has a capacity of up to 18 million cubic metres a year.
5. The cornerstone for the Sabcha D expansion was laid at the event, attended by Infrastructure and Energy Minister Eli Cohen and Eilat mayor Eli Lankri.
6. Globes, NIS 500m expansion of Eilat desalination plant underway, 26 September 2021. en.globes.co.il.
7. 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 started expansion of the Sabha plant north of Eilat, a project of about NIS 500 million approved in January 2021 as a national infrastructure plan and expected to take five years. It will raise output by more than 50 per cent to up to 30 million cubic metres a year. The plant supplies Eilat and surrounding settlements, tourism projects, and industry and agriculture in the southern Arava. Budget converted from NIS 800 million at about 3.75 shekels to the dollar, the rate implied by the Jerusalem Post's own conversion of NIS 15 million as 4 million dollars in its report of 18 July 2025. The plant's exact commissioning year was not established beyond the late 1970s, so the Year field is left blank.