Sorek 2 Desalination
Seawater RO, 670,000 m3/day (200 million m3/year) in Israel.
Operational
The record
- Country
- Israel
- Location
- Palmachim
- Coordinates
- 31.940, 34.700
- Technology
- Seawater RO
- Capacity
- 670,000 m3/day (200 million m3/year)
- Capital cost
- US$540 million
- Stage
- Operational
- Owner or client
- State of Israel (Ministry of Finance tender committee)
- Contractor
- IDE Technologies
- Operator
- IDE Technologies (SMS IDE Ltd, 25-year BOT)
- Finance
- Project finance: EIB EUR 150 million, KfW IPEX-Bank EUR 90 million, Bank Leumi
- Award or start year
- 2020
- Commissioned
- 2025
Record last checked 2026-09-15.
History
- 2020-05
Ministry of Finance tender committee names IDE Technologies winner of the Sorek B BOT tender at NIS 1.45 per m3
- 2020-06
EIB signs EUR 150 million finance contract with SMS IDE Ltd
- 2021-01
KfW IPEX-Bank EUR 90 million financing announced, total investment about EUR 500 million
- 2025-03
IDE announces the plant is supplying water as Israel's largest desalination plant
- 2024
Mekorot reports the plant did not start operating at the beginning of the year as scheduled
- 2025-02
Israel Water Authority lists Sorek II at 200 MCM, 2025
Sources
8 references
Every field in the record above is taken from the references below. A field that none of them confirms prints as a dash.
- IDE Technologies, IDE Technologies secures the Sorek B tender, 26 May 2020. ide-tech.com.
- EIB, Israel: EIB supports one of the largest desalination projects worldwide, 15 June 2020. eib.org.
- IDE Technologies, KfW IPEX-Bank finances the construction of Sorek B, 26 January 2021. ide-tech.com.
- IDE Technologies, IDE Water Technologies pioneers sustainable desalination with Sorek 2 - Be'er Miriam, 18 March 2025. ide-tech.com.
- IDE project page. ide-tech.com.
- Budget converted from EUR 500 million at 1.08. Mekorot, ESG Report 2024, p. 22. mekorot-int.com.
- Israel Water Authority, Israel's Model for Water Management, February 2025. aiguabaixter.cat.
- 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.