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Mekorot Group
Israel’s National Water Company
Mekorot – Financial Figures*
1100m U.S. $
Revenue
300m U.S. $
investment
2200
Employees
* Financial figures – per annum According to Standard & Poor's Maalot
AAA
Rating
Water Shortage
Israel Has Coped for Decades with
a Water Shortage Problem
Facts and Figures About Mekorot
About
200
About
1.5
11
8
Billion
16045
220
cubic meters
6,780
9
45
160
250,000
About
1,000,000
160
11 422
8
16045
16
water quality tests
6,780
per year
Water supply per year
3,000
About
production, supply, 7,098
6 1,900 45
28
7 160quality
and water
sewage
7
installations
treatment
plants
1,050
1,900
Million
3,428
45
6
160
160
Wells in Israel
End
customers
About
Over
2,657
735
1,875
11
200 6,780 8
70,000
10,000
Kilometers
water samples
30
1,900
of water lines
per year
16045 4,000 6
56,907
1,000,000
78,234
3,200,000
desalination plants
Areas of Activity
Water
Resource
Management
Water
Quality
Water
Supply
Hydrology
& Drilling
Water
Security
Desalination
Rain
enhancement
Command
& Control
Wells
Wastewater
Treatment &
Reclamation
Models
Mekorot’s Uniqueness
In the World
Experience
Over 70 years of solving
water shortage problems
Operation of 3,000 facilities
Effluent Reuse
Highest water reclamation
rate (over 75 %)
Water Supply
7 million end users
10,500 km of pipes
Desalination
30 plants since 1965
Ashdod SWDP-one of the
largest in the world, 100
mcm/year
Water Quality
One of the largest filtration
plants in the world - 500
mcm/year
Advanced quality laboratories
Water Security
WW Treatment
Drillings
World's leading security
strategy & methodology
Operation of one of the
world's largest plant –
150 mcm/year
Advanced drilling and
rehabilitation techniques
& capabilities
Water Management
Mix of Water Sources in Different Regions
(at the annual level)
2%
9%
8%
64%
Need for optimal management
of all water resources at the
national level in view of:
– Variability in resource available
17%
across the country
– Variability in regional
18%
4%
consumption
48%
– Variability in water quality from
30%
different sources
– Ability to transfer water from
33%
region to region
36%
– Cost-cutting (especially in
1%
1% 5%
energy)
24%
Wells
Seawater Desalination
Wastewater
Bought from Suppliers
Kinneret
Brackish Water
Miscellaneous
Water Management
Automated remote control
Operation of the water supply
system
A variety of communication
technologies / telemetric systems
Online optimization for energy
efficiency
Automatic meter reading (AMR)
Water Supply
Integration of four main water
sources in one national network
that provides unique operational
flexibility
Reliable water supply for various
uses
Operational planning, including
unique and advanced
technologies and models
Desalination
Mekorot is one of the first water companies in the
world to use desalination as means for increasing
the water supply
Mekorot has more than 30 years experience and
accumulated know-how in the field
Mekorot has solved water problems in regions not
connected to the national water system With new
technologies
30 Seawater & brackish water desalination plants
Desalination (Cont.)
Ashdod – 100 million cu.m. of desalination
water:
–
Total investment of US $500 million
–
Starting from 2012
Limassol – B.O.T desalination plant, 20
million cu.m.
–
Total investment US $100 million
–
Starting from 2011
Implementation of new technologies for:
–
energy efficiency
–
chemical consumption
–
boron removal
Water Treatment
Central Filtration Plant:
In operation since 2007
One of the largest and most
sophisticated of its kind in the world
Investment of US $120 million
1.7 million cu.m. per day
Turbidity level of 0.1 NTU
Online monitoring & decision-making
Wastewater Treatment
The Third Line to the
Negev Project
Demonstration
Over 75% effluent reuse
Capable of supplying all agricultural
requirements
Treating to various qualities
Membrane effluent treatment
Supply of reused water to industry
160 million cu.m. of treated
wastewater from the Shafdan
Effluent Reuse in Israel
100%
Goal – 90% Reused
90%
80%
75%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
<1%
5%
8%
9%
Italy
Australia
12%
0%
C Europe
Greece
Spain
Israel
Drillings
1,200 wells nation wide for:
drinking, irrigation, recharge,
observation and exploration
Drilling to depths of up to 1,500
meters using advanced drilling
technologies
Rehabilitation of contaminated
wells
Water Catchment
30 Million cu.m. per year
Rain Enhancement
An annual increase of 10-15% in rainfall
WaTech™ Entrepreneurship & Partnership Center for Water Technologies
IP
Research
Coordinates Research
Activities with companies,
universities and research
institutions worldwide:
Participation in the EU’s
fourth, fifth, sixth and
seventh Framework
Programs for R&D
Coordinates all intellectual
property activities at
Mekorot
Partnership center
Supports new innovative
water technologies
solutions relevant to the
daily operation of Mekorot
18 partners
The “Argentinean Model “
The “Argentinean Model “
Partnership between “5 de Septiember” & Mekorot
Group
G- G agreement
Long term strategic cooperation for the
development of water-projects with:
- FENTOS
- Aguas Bonaerenses S.A ABSA
- Israel Technologies & Consulting ITC
Functional cooperation on engineering levels
Modular Long Tern Partnership
Phase I
- Operational Consultancy & Technical
Support
Phase II
- Strengthen Engineering Capabilities
(seminars, training in Argentina &
Israel)
Phase III
- Projects Initiation( feasibility studies,
surveys, preliminary design, planning)
Phase IV - Project Implementation
Fields of Cooperation
Water Treatments Plants
Wastewater treatment plants (reuse for industry &
Agriculture)
Water Supply Systems (municipal systems, SCADA)
Water quality (contaminations, algae, monitoring)
Desalination (brackish & sea water)
Hydrology & Drilling ( operational methodology,
technical specification)
Operational Cooperation
Operational and maintenance guidance
– Improvement of operational efficiency
– Strategy for coping with major day-to-day
technical and operational issues
Process improvement (quality, water loss)
Cutting costs (energy, chemicals, processes)
Technology implementation
Examples of Cooperation
Water Treatment Plant – La Plata
Wastewater Treatment Plants - Bahia Blanca
Hydrology & Drillings - Bahia Blanca Wells
Operational - Patagonia & Punta Lara water
supply and Treatment Plants algae & bacteria
- Gonzales Chaves -nitrate removal
WATEC Israel 2011
The 6Th international Exhibition
& the 3rd international
Conference on Water
Technologies, Renewable
Energy & Environmental Control
November 15-17 2011, Tel-Aviv
Water is the prophet
of the living beings of tomorrow….
Thank You