Ashkelon Desalination Plant,

Specifications - Ashkelon Desalination Plant, Seawater Reverse Osmosis (SWRO) Plant, Israel, Israel


Key Data
Production at sub-phase 1165,000m³/day (50 million m³/y)
Production at sub -phase 2223,400m³/day (67.7 million m³/y)
Production at sub -phase 3330,000m³/day (100 million m³/y)
Initial output132,000m3/day
Final total production capacity110 million m³/y
Government purchase agreement100 million m³/yr
Contribution to national demand5–6% total
Initial filtration pools20
Treatment32 RO trains on four floors; 40,000 membrane elements
Water price$0.527/m³
Project costNIS1,000m ($212m)
RevenueNIS3,760m ($800m)
Plant footprint75,000m² (300m x 250m)
Power plantDedicated gas turbine - 80MW capacity, integrated cycle
Grid connection161kV overhead line
Maximum nominal electrical consumption<4kWh per m³ product water
Water Data
Feed water input temperature15–30° C
Feed water salinity40,750ppm TDS
Product water salinity<40ppm TDS
Salinity reduction99.9%
Boron reduction>92%
Project Timeline
Tender documents issuedJuly 2000
Contract awarded3 September 2001
Financial agreement reached22 January 2003
Notice to proceed issued22 February 2003
Construction startedApril 2003
Original scheduled completion dates 
Sub-phase 1 completion29 December 2004
Sub-phase 2 completion22 May 2005
Sub-phase 3 / final completion22 August 2005
Production 
30% capacity (initial operation) 4th August, 2005
50% capacitySeptember 2005
Full capacityDecember 2005
Desalination plant of the year awardMarch 2006
First 100 million m3 producedOctober 2006
End of agreement / transfer date20th July 2027
Key Players
Client Ministry of Infrastructure, Israel
VID consortium membersIDE Technologies (50% and lead partner), Vivendi Water (25%) and Dankner-Ellern Infrastructure (25%)
VID financial advisers (tender process)Price Waterhouse Coopers
IDE Technologies equal-share partnersIsrael Chemicals and Delek Group
Institutional funding coordinatorGoran Capital Group
Engineering procurement and constructionOTID - an IDE and OTV (Vivendi Group) JVC
Operating and maintenanceVivendi Group, IDE and Ellern JVC
Reverse osmosis membrane elementsDow Chemical Company
Temperature and pressure transmittersSmar
Product water distributionMekorot
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