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

7,098

2001,900

7

83,200,000

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1,875 78,23411735

45

6,780

1,900 56,90763,42845160

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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%

C Europe Greece Italy Australia Spain Israel

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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