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By 2014, Israel's desalination programs provided roughly 35% of Israel's drinking water and it is expected to supply 40% by 2015 and 70% by 2050. [20] In recent years, Israel's annual use of water from the Sea of Galilee has shrunk from 513 million cubic meters (in 2001–2002) to just 25 million cubic meters (2018–19) as desalinated water ...
It is headquartered in the Hasharon Industrial Park in Kadima, Israel. [1] Its chairman is Asaf Bartfeld, [2] while its chief executive officer and president is Avshalom Felber. [1] In Israel, it has built desalination plants in Hadera, Ashkelon and Soreq. [4] [5] In 2013, it agreed to design the Carlsbad desalination plant in Carlsbad ...
Once unthinkable, given Israel's history of drought and lack of available fresh water resources, with desalination Israel can now produce a surplus of fresh water. [55] By 2014, Israel's desalination programs provided roughly 35% of Israel's drinking water, about 50% in 2015, and it is expected to supply 70% by 2050. [56]
Israel on Tuesday chose local company IDE Technologies over a Chinese-linked rival to build the country's largest desalination plant to tackle water shortages in one of the driest parts of the world.
TSD Desalination (Tethys Solar Desalination) is an Israeli startup company that provides solar-powered desalination technology. [1] Jewish Business News named TSD one of 25 cool Israeli startups to watch in 2017, [2] and CNBC mentioned TSD alongside IDE Technologies in a review of Israeli high-tech. [3] TSD was founded in 2014.
Since 1975, desalination technology has seen significant advancements, decreasing the average cost of producing one cubic meter of freshwater from seawater from $1.10 in 2000 to approximately $0.50 today. Improved desalination efficiency is a primary factor contributing to this reduction.
In 2016, the estate of Dr. Howard and Lottie Marcus made a donation of $400 million dollars to Ben-Gurion University, believed to be the largest gift ever to a university in Israel, with a portion of it going to the Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research for research into water resources and desalination technologies. [6]
Mekorot (Hebrew: מקורות, lit."Sources") is the national water company of Israel and the country's top agency for water management. [1] Founded in 1937, it supplies Israel with approx. 80% of its drinking water and operates a cross-country water supply network known as the National Water Carrier.