Mekorot Group Israel’s National Water Company
Mekorot – Financial Figures*
* Financial figures – per annum According to Standard & Poor's Maalot
1100m U.S. $ Revenue
300m U.S. $ investment
2200 Employees
AAARating
Water Shortage
Israel Has Coped for Decades with
a Water Shortage Problem
Decades
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Facts and Figures About Mekorot
About
1.5Billion
cubic metersWater supply per year About
7
Million
End customers
About
3,000production, supply, and water quality
installations
Over
10,000 Kilometers
of water lines
1,050Wells in Israel
30desalination plants
16sewage
treatment plants
About
70,000water samples
per year
About
250,000water quality tests
per year
Command
& Control
Rain enhancement
Areas of Activity
Wastewater Treatment & Reclamation
Water Supply
Desalination Wells
Water Quality
Water Security
Water Resource Management
Models
Hydrology & Drilling
Experience
Effluent Reuse
Water Security WW Treatment Drillings
Over 70 years of solving water shortage problemsOperation of 3,000 facilities
Highest water reclamation rate (over 75 %)
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 Supply
Water Quality
7 million end users
10,500 km of pipes
30 plants since 1965
Ashdod SWDP-one of the largest in the world, 100 mcm/year
Desalination
One of the largest filtration plants in the world - 500 mcm/year
Advanced quality laboratories
Mekorot’s Uniqueness In the World
Need for optimal management of all water resources at the national level in view of:
– Variability in resource available across the country
– Variability in regional consumption
– Variability in water quality from different sources
– Ability to transfer water from region to region
– Cost-cutting (especially in energy)
Water Management
48%
30%
18%4%
Wells
Kinneret
Seawater Desalination
Brackish Water Miscellaneous
Wastewater Bought from Suppliers
36%
24%
33%
1%
1% 5%
Mix of Water Sources in Different Regions (at the annual level)
64%
17%
2%9% 8%
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
The Third Line to the Negev Project
Wastewater Treatment
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
Demonstration
75%
Effluent Reuse in Israel
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
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Goal – 90% Reused
12%9%8%
5%<1%
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
30 Million cu.m. per year
Water Catchment
Rain Enhancement
An annual increase of 10-15% in rainfall
WaTech™ - Entrepreneurship & Partnership Center for Water Technologies
Partnership center
Supports new innovative water technologies solutions relevant to the daily operation of Mekorot
18 partners
IP
Coordinates all intellectual
property activities at
Mekorot
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
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….
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