Sorek 1 Desalination
Seawater RO, 150 million m3/year contracted (nameplate 624,000 m3/day) in Israel.
Operational
The record
- Country
- Israel
- Location
- Palmachim
- Coordinates
- 31.940, 34.700
- Technology
- Seawater RO
- Capacity
- 150 million m3/year contracted (nameplate 624,000 m3/day)
- Capital cost
- US$400 million
- Stage
- Operational
- Owner or client
- State of Israel (Water Desalination Administration)
- Contractor
- IDE Technologies
- Operator
- Sorek Desalination Ltd (IDE Technologies 51%, Hutchison Water 49%)
- Finance
- Project finance of about US$400 million under a 25-year BOT concession
- Award or start year
- 2009
- Commissioned
- 2013
Record last checked 2026-09-18.
History
- 2009-12
Sorek Desalination Ltd wins the 25-year BOT tender
- 2013
plant commissioned as Israel's largest seawater desalination facility
- 2018
Dan Capital acquires a holding in the concession
Sources
9 references
Every field in the record above is taken from the references below. A field that none of them confirms prints as a dash.
- WaterWorld, IDE Technologies wins contract to build Israel's Sorek desalination plant, 22 December 2009. waterworld.com.
- Sorek Desalination Ltd wins the government BOT tender, IDE Technologies 51% and Hutchison Water 49%, 150 million m3/year, on-site independent power producer.
- World Bank, Water Management in Israel: Key Innovations and Lessons Learned (2017), Table 4.2 Major Seawater Desalination Plants in Israel. documents1.worldbank.org.
- Sorek listed as 2013, 25-year BOT, US$0.54/m3, 150 million m3/year, the lowest desalinated water price in the Israeli fleet.
- Legislative Council of Hong Kong Research Office, Fact Sheet: Seawater desalination in Israel, April 2017. legco.gov.hk.
- Built at a cost of US$400 million, commissioned 2013, largest plant in Israel at 150 million m3/year and about 20% of domestic consumption, own gas-fired power plant, 2015 price US$0.52/m3, owned by IDE Technologies Ltd and Hutchison Water International Holdings Pte Ltd.
- IDE Technologies project page, Sorek I Desalination Plant. ide-tech.com.
- 640,000 m3/day, first vertical arrangement of 16-inch membranes, 25-year BOT, Dan Capital bought in during 2018. Israel Desalination Society, Sorek A 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.
624,000 m3/day serving about 1.2 million people. Coordinates and city follow the register's existing Sorek 2 row, the two plants sharing the Nahal Sorek site; IDE labels both plants Rishon LeZion.