Ashkelon Desalination Plant Seawater Reverse Osmosis (SWRO) Plant, Israel, Israel
Key Data:
Production at sub-phase 1
165,000m³/day (50 million m³/y)
Production at sub -phase 2
223,400m³/day (67.7 million m³/y)
Production at sub -phase 3
330,000m³/day (100 million m³/y)
Initial output
132,000m3/day
Final total production capacity
110 million m³/y
Government purchase agreement
100 million m³/yr
Contribution to national demand
5–6% total
Initial filtration pools
20
Treatment
32 RO trains on four floors; 40,000 membrane elements
Water price
$0.527/m³
Project cost
NIS1,000m ($212m)
Revenue
NIS3,760m ($800m)
Plant footprint
75,000m² (300m x 250m)
Power plant
Dedicated gas turbine - 80MW capacity, integrated cycle
Grid connection
161kV overhead line
Maximum nominal electrical consumption
<4kWh per m³ product water
Water Data:
Feed water input temperature
15–30° C
Feed water salinity
40,750ppm TDS
Product water salinity
<40ppm TDS
Salinity reduction
99.9%
Boron reduction
>92%
Project Timeline:
Tender documents issued
July 2000
Contract awarded
3 September 2001
Financial agreement reached
22 January 2003
Notice to proceed issued
22 February 2003
Construction started
April 2003
Original scheduled completion dates
Sub-phase 1 completion
29 December 2004
Sub-phase 2 completion
22 May 2005
Sub-phase 3 / final completion
22 August 2005
Production
30% capacity (initial operation)
4th August, 2005
50% capacity
September 2005
Full capacity
December 2005
Desalination plant of the year award
March 2006
First 100 million m3 produced
October 2006
End of agreement / transfer date
20th July 2027
Key Players:
Client
Ministry of Infrastructure, Israel
VID consortium members
IDE 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 partners
Israel Chemicals and Delek Group
Institutional funding coordinator
Goran Capital Group
Engineering procurement and construction
OTID - an IDE and OTV (Vivendi Group) JVC
Operating and maintenance
Vivendi Group, IDE and Ellern JVC
Reverse osmosis membrane elements
Dow Chemical Company
Temperature and pressure transmitters
Smar
Product water distribution
Mekorot
