About
When completed, the Ashkelon desalination plant was one of the world’s largest and most advanced membrane-based desalination plants. With a huge capacity and extremely high efficiency levels, the Ashkelon desalination plant achieved one of the world’s lowest-ever prices for desalinated water. In 2010, due to the unmatched success of the plant, it was expanded by nearly 20%, providing potable water for roughly 15% of Israel’s daily consumption.
The Ashkelon plant proved IDE to be the leader of mega-sized SWRO desalination projects.
- Capacity: 396,000 m³/day
- Technology: Reverse Osmosis (RO)
- Water Source: Sea Water
- Contract Type: BOT for 25 years
- Location: Ashkelon, Israel
- Customer: Israel Water Authority
- Financial Arranger: Bank Leumi
- Usage: Potable Water
- Commissioning date: 2005
Highlights
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Cost leadership
Set a new benchmark for the lowest cost of desalinated water.
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Technological leadership
Revolutionary design of a unique Pressure Center arrangement for the RO stage. for increased efficiency and significantly reduced water costs.
The largest installation of an isobaric chamber DWEER (Dual Work Exchanger Energy Recovery)
A unique, patented membrane-based proprietary Boron Removal System
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Global recognition
Won GWI’s “Desalination Plant of The Year” award in 2006.
Awards
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Desalination Plant of the Year 2006, Global Water Intelligence (GWI).
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