The international business arm of the Mekorot Group
• Initiates and executes projects and water
infrastructures in a variety of fields, includ-
ing desalination, wastewater treatment and
reclamation
• Provides comprehensive solutions by integrat-
ing innovative technologies
• Many years of experience in implementing
solutions in regions suffering from a shortage
of high quality water
• Strategic joint ventures with governments,
corporations and government officials
Mekorot Development & Enterprise is the international
business arm of the Mekorot Group and it provides
comprehensive solutions that combine innovative
technologies with the purpose of increasing the water
supply and water quality to its customers worldwide.
Mekorot Development & Enterprise is at the cutting
edge of technology and it leverages the vast knowledge,
research activities, operational experience and advanced
techniques, acquired by the Mekorot Group, to provide
unique solutions and implement projects in the water
industry, in regions of the world facing water problems.
The company’s activities in Israel include: designing,
construction, management and the operation of the
desalination plants (seawater and brackish water),
wastewater treatment and effluent reclamation plants,
water treatment and enhancement installations, drillings
and hydrology, operating municipal water systems and
water security, etc.
One of Mekorot Development & Enterprise’s leading
projects is the design, construction and operation of
the seawater desalinating plant in Ashdod (a 25 year
BOT project), with an annual capacity of 100 million
cubic meters. The plant is scheduled to begin supplying
desalinated drinking water in 2014. The amount of the
investment for the construction of the plant is estimated
at $ 500 million.
Another important project of Mekorot Development
& Enterprise is the planning, financing, construction
and operation of the Jerusalem Wastewater Treatment
Plant (a 25 year BOT project), with an annual capacity of
approximately 9 million cubic meters. The plant will supply
the treated effluents to agriculture.
On the international water market, Mekorot Development
& Enterprise offers solutions for water and wastewater
problems to its partners and customers in countries that
face shortages of water that is fit for drinking as well as for
irrigation. The company initiates and promotes projects
such as DBOT projects (Design, Build, Operate, Transfer),
Turnkey and O&M projects, etc.
Mekorot Development & Enterprise is engaged in
several strategic joint ventures with governments, public
water corporations and municipal authorities, as well as
with private organizations. In these joint ventures, the
company supports the professional set up of its partners,
promotes feasibility tests, master plans, designs water
installations and infrastructures, and – based on the
needs of its partners – it initiates, in conjunction with its
partners, projects that include the planning, construction
and operation of installations and systems. In addition,
Mekorot Development & Enterprise promotes professional
further education programs, seminars and training with the
Water Solutions
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