Water supply, water desalination, cloud seeding, pumping
stations. Waste water reclamation and reuse, flood water capture,
water quality.
Employees: 2400
Turnover (KUS$): 500,000
Overview
MEKOROT WATER COMPANY LTD. is the national water company with
Click here to request more information, about this company (FOR COLLABORATION IN R&D. ONLY!)
Note - you have to be registered in this server to
request information. If you haven't done so
yet, please register in this server
Your requests will be forwarded to the developer, who
will contact you directly
You can also see the list of
documents you already requested more information about
annual sales of US $500 million, equity of more than US $670
million, and an annual balance sheet of about US $2 billion.
MEKOROT supplies 1.3 million cu.m. of water per year, which
accounts for 90% of Israel's drinking water and 70% of all the
water supply in the country. The company's experience, know-how
and advanced solutions enable Israel to successfully confront the
water shortage, resulting from years of drought and its location
on the desert fringe on the one hand, and the rapid rise in
consumption, on the other.
The company operates 3,000 installations throughout the country
for water supply, water quality, infrastructure, sewage
purification, desalination, rain enhancement, etc.
MEKOROT's water supply system comprises more than 800 pumping
stations, over 1,200 wells (the pump setting of some is as deep
as 400 meters), more than 2,400 pumps, over 10,500 km. of
large-diameter pipes, 750 concrete and steel reservoirs, 90 large
earth reservoirs and related equipment.
MEKOROT consumes about 6% of the electrical power consumption in
Israel through energy-efficient, automated and remote-controlled
systems.
The National Water Carrier is MEKOROT's crowning achievement.
The total amount of water supplied by the National Water Carrier
since its establishment 40 years ago is 12.4 billion cu.m. It
carries water from the north of the country to the center and
south, its total pumping capacity is 72,000 cu.m./hour, and the
total lift is approximately 400 meters.
MEKOROT has been developing an additional water source by
desalinating water of various qualities, while constantly
increasing the process efficiency. MEKOROT has pioneered the
effective implementation of reverse osmosis technology for water
supply in Israel. There are 29 desalination plants, mainly in the
south of the country.
MEKOROT's operations constantly aim at improving the level of the
reclaimed water, thereby broadening its applications as an
alternative water source. MEKOROT is responsible for treating 32%
of the wastewater in Israel (160 million cu.m./year out of a
total of 500 million cu.m./year) in 9 plants of varying sizes.
MEKOROT reclaims about 68% of Israel's reused effluents for
agriculture (190 out of 280 million cu.m./year), among which is
the Dan Region project - the largest of its type in the world.
MEKOROT pays special heed to water quality control and invests
extensive effort and means in order to ensure reliability of
water quality and supply, through its central and regional
laboratories. MEKOROT's laboratories perform over 200,000
different analyses of 40,000 water samples per year. The
company's central laboratory is graded among the top 3% of
laboratories, in the International Water Quality laboratories
scale. Over US $100 million are invested in a filtration plant
for water pumped from the Sea of Galilee, to meet more rigorous
Ministry of Health standards.
The operation of MEKOROT's 1,700 installations is based on
sophisticated, computerized remote-controlled systems, that
ascertain reliability and high quality of water supply. The
company's complex monitoring systems generate savings in
manpower, energy and water losses. The computer system forms an
integral part of daily management.
Electro-Mechanical Services Ltd. (E.M.S.) - A fully-owned
subsidiary of MEKOROT, E.M.S. plans and implements mechanical and
electrical projects in order to develop the country's water
infrastructures. E.M.S. conducts MEKOROT's innovative cloud-
seeding program, which augments rainfall by some 15%.
WaTech - Entrepreneurship Center for Water Technologies - For the
first time, a national water company enables entrepreneurs to
participate in water research and development projects. MEKOROT
will provide professional platforms, definitions and
characterization of needs for new solutions, local and worldwide
marketing capabilities, as well as financial solutions.
